Lubuntu: acerhdf.conf
John Hupp
lubuntu at prpcompany.com
Wed Jun 4 15:30:42 UTC 2014
Further research shows that the use of /proc/acpi/thermal_zone has been
deprecated for some time. The new location is /sys/class/thermal.
I have not found any specific reference about the current state of usage
of /proc/acpi/fan.
But at least on the first point, important reference pages are outdated,
such as https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI and
https://01.org/linux-acpi/documentation/debug-how-isolate-linux-acpi-issues
(at the Intel Open Source Technology Center).
On 6/3/2014 12:42 PM, John Hupp wrote:
> See my follow-up post, "Laptop ACPI fan control," for a new summary of
> things. And I'm still studying the matter, even for my own sake.
>
> But you have arrived at the point where lm-sensors is saying that it
> can't do anything for you except read the CPU temp.
>
> If the Acer BIOS does not provide fan control (you've already looked
> at that?), then the only other "easy" venue would be control via
> ACPI. Many laptops don't support this. However, I see that Acer
> often does. Check to see if /proc/acpi/fan exists and what, if any
> contents it has. Likewise with /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points.
>
> On 6/3/2014 12:05 PM, Morten Bjerremann Nielsen wrote:
>> Hey John.
>>
>> Sorry for the late response -work took up the most of my time.
>>
>> When I run the "sudo sensors-detect" the result is this(Yes to all):
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
>> Just press ENTER to continue:
>>
>> Driver `coretemp':
>> * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)
>>
>> To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:
>> #----cut here----
>> # Chip drivers
>> coretemp
>> #----cut here----
>> If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will
>> contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones!
>>
>> Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> But when choose to add it to the /etc/modules nothing happens.
>> And it looks like to me, that it only detects thermal sensors, and no
>> pwm controllers. Or am I just missing something here?:)
>>
>> -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Morten Bjerremann Nielsen On Fri,
>> 2014-05-30 at 20:20 -0400, 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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