Lubuntu: acerhdf.conf
Israel
israeldahl at gmail.com
Sun Jun 1 04:32:39 UTC 2014
Oh... I had a laptop that had some ACPI issues... I ended up having to
update my BIOS to fix the issues, though I could work around it by
running acpi=off (which is a terrible option to have to use) and I
eventually found running the 64bit version (even though I only had 2 Gig
of memory) work remarkably well to address it.
There may be some ACPI options to fix your issue... but that can be a
pain in some cases... I had to do a Kernel bisection to try and figure
out where the problem started. No fun.
On 05/31/2014 04:41 PM, John Hupp wrote:
> My Lenovo 3000 laptop BIOS exposes zero power/thermal management
> settings, so along the way I thought it would be useful to be able to
> read those via another utility.
>
> I found dmidecode, biosdecode and the smbios-utils suite. Those
> reported that the hardware supports ACPI and that SMBIOS is present,
> but told me nothing about power/thermal settings.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> After that futile foray, I reassessed my course.
>
> The lm-sensors documentation notes in a couple places that it won't
> work on most laptops because they lack PWM controllers, and "you have
> to use acpi instead." I'll simply accept that and conclude that I
> should look elsewhere for a more general laptop solution.
>
> i8kutils is really only targeted at Dell laptops, and it was written
> because they lack not only PWM controllers but also support for ACPI
> fan control. It uses SMM (System Management Mode) as its alternative
> method of fan control.
>
> What's behind Door #3? ACPI fan control. That's what I'm looking
> into now.
>
> Although it seems like clear that there will not be be a single-tool
> solution. Perhaps i8kutils for Dell laptops and some ACPI solution
> for just about everything else.
>
> A first sad observation on the ACPI solution: This laptop has no
> /proc/acpi/fan directory.
>
> So my next step will be a close look at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI
>
> On 5/30/2014 9:12 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>> I correct myself: fancontrol does have to be installed separately.
>> It includes pwmconfig.
>>
>> When I ran sudo pwmconfig, it reported "There are no pwm-capable
>> sensor modules installed."
>>
>> This despite the fact that sensors-detect *did* find a sensor that it
>> could use and configured the coretemp module to load in support of that.
>>
>> I don't have a conclusion yet, but clearly I would have hoped for
>> pwmconfig to find something that fancontrol could govern.
>>
>> On 5/30/2014 8:20 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>> You say that you installed lm-sensors (and fancontrol, although I
>>> think fancontrol is simply part of the lm-sensors package) and
>>> detail some things about lsmod and the desired fan control settings.
>>>
>>> But when you ran sensors-detect, what did it detect, and what if any
>>> modules did it proposed to install?
>>>
>>> I say this because the README warns regarding laptops:
>>>
>>> HARDWARE SUPPORT
>>> ----------------
>>>
>>> To find out what hardware you have, just run 'sensors-detect' as
>>> root.
>>>
>>> Most modern mainboards incorporate some form of hardware
>>> monitoring chips.
>>> These chips read things like chip temperatures, fan rotation
>>> speeds and
>>> voltage levels. There are quite a few different chips which can
>>> be used by
>>> mainboard builders for approximately the same results.
>>>
>>> Laptops, on the other hand, rarely expose any hardware monitoring
>>> chip. They often have some BIOS and/or ACPI magic to get the CPU
>>> temperature value, but that's about it. For such laptops, the
>>> lm-sensors
>>> package is of no use (sensors-detect will not find anything),
>>> and you have
>>> to use acpi instead.
>>>
>>> This package doesn't contain chip-specific knowledge. It will
>>> support all
>>> the hardware monitoring chips your kernel has drivers for. In
>>> other words,
>>> if you find out that you have unsupported hardware (e.g.
>>> sensors-detect
>>> told you so) then it means that you need a more recent kernel,
>>> or you
>>> even need to wait for a new kernel driver to be written.
>>> Updating the
>>> lm-sensors package itself will not help.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/29/2014 4:34 AM, Morten Bjerremann Nielsen wrote:
>>>> Thank you, for the answer Israel.
>>>>
>>>> I will try to give you the info, in this reply :)
>>>>
>>>> My CPU is a 64bit (Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3337U CPU @ 1.80GHz).
>>>>
>>>> The output of the lshw is attached as a text file, with this reply.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't had this running on any previous version, but i'm currently
>>>> running Linux V5-572G 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2
>>>> 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux.
>>>>
>>>> It's my first time running Lubuntu on this computer.
>>>>
>>>> Hope you can help.
>>>>
>>>> -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Morten Bjerremann Nielsen On
>>>> Tue, 2014-05-27 at 20:47 -0500, Israel wrote:
>>>>> > Hi, it would help to know more about your processor... it looks like you
>>>>> > have intel, so is it 32bit or 64?
>>>>> > a more exact model name would also be helpful, to others who know more
>>>>> > about this...
>>>>> > The command lshw (or rather 'sudo lshw') will list out your hardware.
>>>>> > please run it as sudo, so a more complete output it generated.
>>>>> > you can output it into a file by running something like:
>>>>> > sudo lshw > lshw.txt
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks! Also, it is usually very useful to know the exact Kernel and
>>>>> > version of the OS you are using
>>>>> > uname -a will show all the info about the kernel version
>>>>> > and I am guessing you might be using 14.04...
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Also... have you had this working in a previous version, or is this the
>>>>> > first time you have used Lubuntu on this computer?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 05/27/2014 12:42 PM, Morten Bjerremann Nielsen wrote:
>>>>>> > > Hi everyone.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > I'm trying to get the "acerhdf.conf" to work on my Acer Aspire V5-572G.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > I've installed the "lm-sensors" and "fancontrol" as well, but nothing
>>>>>> > > works.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > My wish, is for the fans to constantly run a little, because i game a
>>>>>> > > lot and wan't my computer to run cool.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > This is the settings I wish to use:
>>>>>> > > "options acerhdf kernelmode = 1 fanon = 45000 fanoff = 40000"
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > And this is the output of "lsmod":
>>>>>> > > Module Size Used by
>>>>>> > > ctr 13049 3
>>>>>> > > ccm 17773 3
>>>>>> > > bbswitch 13943 0
>>>>>> > > dm_crypt 23177 0
>>>>>> > > acer_wmi 32522 0
>>>>>> > > sparse_keymap 13948 1 acer_wmi
>>>>>> > > rfcomm 69160 8
>>>>>> > > intel_rapl 18773 0
>>>>>> > > bnep 19624 2
>>>>>> > > x86_pkg_temp_thermal 14205 0
>>>>>> > > intel_powerclamp 14705 0
>>>>>> > > kvm_intel 143060 0
>>>>>> > > kvm 451511 1 kvm_intel
>>>>>> > > crct10dif_pclmul 14289 0
>>>>>> > > crc32_pclmul 13113 0
>>>>>> > > ghash_clmulni_intel 13259 0
>>>>>> > > snd_hda_codec_hdmi 46207 1
>>>>>> > > snd_hda_codec_realtek 61438 1
>>>>>> > > aesni_intel 55624 379
>>>>>> > > aes_x86_64 17131 1 aesni_intel
>>>>>> > > lrw 13286 1 aesni_intel
>>>>>> > > gf128mul 14951 1 lrw
>>>>>> > > glue_helper 13990 1 aesni_intel
>>>>>> > > ablk_helper 13597 1 aesni_intel
>>>>>> > > cryptd 20359 189
>>>>>> > > ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
>>>>>> > > snd_hda_intel 52355 1
>>>>>> > > snd_hda_codec 192906 3
>>>>>> > > snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
>>>>>> > > uvcvideo 80885 0
>>>>>> > > snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
>>>>>> > > videobuf2_vmalloc 13216 1 uvcvideo
>>>>>> > > binfmt_misc 17468 1
>>>>>> > > joydev 17381 0
>>>>>> > > videobuf2_memops 13362 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
>>>>>> > > snd_pcm 102099 3
>>>>>> > > snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
>>>>>> > > serio_raw 13462 0
>>>>>> > > videobuf2_core 40664 1 uvcvideo
>>>>>> > > snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
>>>>>> > > videodev 134688 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
>>>>>> > > snd_seq_midi 13324 0
>>>>>> > > snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
>>>>>> > > arc4 12608 2
>>>>>> > > snd_rawmidi 30144 1 snd_seq_midi
>>>>>> > > ath3k 13318 0
>>>>>> > > ath9k 164164 0
>>>>>> > > btusb 32412 0
>>>>>> > > ath9k_common 13551 1 ath9k
>>>>>> > > ath9k_hw 453856 2 ath9k_common,ath9k
>>>>>> > > lpc_ich 21080 0
>>>>>> > > ath 28698 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
>>>>>> > > bluetooth 395423 23 bnep,ath3k,btusb,rfcomm
>>>>>> > > mac80211 626489 1 ath9k
>>>>>> > > snd_seq 61560 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
>>>>>> > > rtsx_pci_ms 18151 0
>>>>>> > > snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
>>>>>> > > cfg80211 484040 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211
>>>>>> > > snd_timer 29482 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
>>>>>> > > memstick 16966 1 rtsx_pci_ms
>>>>>> > > snd 69238 13
>>>>>> > > snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
>>>>>> > > soundcore 12680 1 snd
>>>>>> > > mei_me 18627 0
>>>>>> > > mei 82274 1 mei_me
>>>>>> > > nvidia 10675249 27
>>>>>> > > parport_pc 32701 0
>>>>>> > > wmi 19177 1 acer_wmi
>>>>>> > > ppdev 17671 0
>>>>>> > > mac_hid 13205 0
>>>>>> > > coretemp 13435 0
>>>>>> > > lp 17759 0
>>>>>> > > parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
>>>>>> > > hid_generic 12548 0
>>>>>> > > usbhid 52616 0
>>>>>> > > hid 106148 2 hid_generic,usbhid
>>>>>> > > rtsx_pci_sdmmc 23274 0
>>>>>> > > i915 783485 2
>>>>>> > > psmouse 102222 0
>>>>>> > > i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
>>>>>> > > drm_kms_helper 52758 1 i915
>>>>>> > > ahci 25819 1
>>>>>> > > libahci 32168 1 ahci
>>>>>> > > drm 302817 5 i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia
>>>>>> > > r8169 67581 0
>>>>>> > > rtsx_pci 45956 2 rtsx_pci_ms,rtsx_pci_sdmmc
>>>>>> > > mii 13934 1 r8169
>>>>>> > > video 19476 2 i915,acer_wmi
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Hope one of you out there has a solution to my problem.
>>>>>> > >
>
>
>
--
Regards
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