[Debian-eeepc-devel] how hot is hot? (no more fan)

[Darren Salt]

I demand that jidanni at jidanni.org may or may not have written...

>> Maybe pwmconfig (fancontrol package) works on your model?

> Yes, I have now installed fancontrol and it works perfectly.
> The fan is full speed from powerup until fancontrol takes over.
> And also it is full speed after fancontrol exits just before halt.

I've not bothered with fancontrol.

> However, as I noted in "Is my temperature really zero degrees C?"
> fancontrol assumes that the temperature is 0 degrees C, as I cannot find
> any /sys/* file that will say what the real temperature is.

$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:      +10.0°C  (crit = +90°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +9.0°C  (crit = +90°C)

eeepc-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1:        920 RPM
$

$ acpi -t
Thermal 0: ok, 47.0 degrees C
$

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