Lubuntu: acerhdf.conf

Phill Whiteside PhillW at PhillW.net
Sat May 31 01:32:17 UTC 2014


Hi,

thanks for keeping us updated. Once you have solved it, I'd like your
experience of what you find to get it into a wiki area for people who come
after you.

Regards,

Phill.


On 31 May 2014 02:12, John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com> 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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