[Bug 363152] Re: i8kfan (and i8kmon) can't control fan on new Inspiron 1545

[zanfr]

well personally i dont know what to do about it. i tried contacting Dell got
no answer about it... but i feel this constant temperature changing cannot
be good for the CPU and the GPU

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM, oaul <pjozog at gmail.com> wrote:

> The I8kfan website says clearly that some laptops are not supported.
> Guess I'm just S.O.L.
>
> But the laptop's fans actually start kicking in like 10 seconds after
> CPU gets to 60C, which brings it to low 40's.  So it's really not that
> bad.  Had I knew that the temperature was actually pretty acceptable I
> wouldn't have filed this bug report.
>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:18 AM, zanfr <fkruhm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > any theories about what is going on ?
> >
> > --
> > i8kfan (andhttp://
> en.community.dell.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?q=inspiron+fani i8kmon)
> can't control fan on new Inspiron 1545
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363152
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> > of the bug.
> >
> > Status in “i8kutils” source package in Ubuntu: New
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Binary package hint: i8kutils
> >
> > I run 9.04 amd64.
> > i8kfan always returns '-1 0', and never spins the fan
> >
> > $ i8kfan 2 2
> > -1 0
> >
> > ...and the fan always stay quiet.
> >
> > The fans will turn on, but only until the CPU gets to about 70C.  I
> suspect that is the bios kicking in.
> >
> > i8kmon -v reports the state correctly, but it's clear that the calls to
> /usr/bin/i8kfan do nothing.  I use the default config, and have tried other
> /etc/i8kmon files from forums etc.
>
> --
> i8kfan (and i8kmon) can't control fan on new Inspiron 1545
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363152
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “i8kutils” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: i8kutils
>
> I run 9.04 amd64.
> i8kfan always returns '-1 0', and never spins the fan
>
> $ i8kfan 2 2
> -1 0
>
> ...and the fan always stay quiet.
>
> The fans will turn on, but only until the CPU gets to about 70C.  I suspect
> that is the bios kicking in.
>
> i8kmon -v reports the state correctly, but it's clear that the calls to
> /usr/bin/i8kfan do nothing.  I use the default config, and have tried other
> /etc/i8kmon files from forums etc.
>

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i8kfan (and i8kmon) can't control fan on new Inspiron 1545
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