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Controlling speeds of fans on laptops and desktops. "fancontrol" is also the name of a program for this task in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

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How do I get fan control working?

I know there something called fancontrol, that enables you to control the speed of your system's ventilation. I'd like to let my fans spin a bit faster as my laptop is heating up very easilly. All tutorials and stuff I've found are for old versions…
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Fan speed in ubuntu: pwmconfig no pwm-capable sensor modules installed

I followed this guide about how to control fan speed in Ubuntu, but it doesn't work with my laptop (Dell Inspiron 15r). I installed lm-sensors and fancontrol packages. Then I configured lm-sensors by typing: sudo sensors-detect and I answered YES to…
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Manually turn on CPU fan

My BIOS controls my fan speeds, and I want to keep it that way. I have a machine in my basement where it's normally pretty cool, and as long as the machine isn't under high load the fans don't need to run at all. The BIOS already handles this just…
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Very high fan speed on Ubuntu 18.04

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04, alongside Windows 10. On Ubuntu, one of my fans is extremely high, although the temperature is fine, and this is not happening on Windows. I've tried some of the solutions suggested in this forum, without…
Esteban Knöbl
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Fan is always on, CPU usage is rather low and can't find the fan or thermal_zone proc files

I have an Asus N76VB notebook with Ubuntu 14.04 and TLP for power managment. However, the fan is always on. It's not really loud, but it's annoying. My CPU usage is around 1-2%. It's clocked at 1.20 GHz. I've added acpi=force to my boot parameters…
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Dell XPS 15 9570 - How to control the fans?

I'm running dualboot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 (using the respin from this link). Everything works properly, however the fans are continuously going on and off. The CPU temp is between 39 - 42 degrees celsius. I think the fans are activated…
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High CPU usage, even without a real reason

it's days that the fan and especially the processor of my computer are perennially 100% even if there is no real reason. This is the situation Can someone help me? This is htop with Chrome close
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Show Lenovo Yoga 730 fan speed in Kubuntu

On my Lenovo Yoga 730-15IWL with a i5-8265U CPU, the sensors-detect command cannot detect the fans, so sensors cannot show them either. How can I show the fans speed on such a system?
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How do I control my fan speed?

I installed Ubuntu 13.10 and the fans are quite loud. I followed the instructions on this forum link and configured lm-sensors then attempted to configure fancontrol. I ran lm-sensors as sudo, it found some things and I loaded the modules it…
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Asus H87-PRO /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed

On an Asus H87-PRO: $ sudo pwmconfig # pwmconfig revision 5857 (2010-08-22) (...) /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed here's the output from $ sensors: acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: …
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How to control AMD GPU fan speed

There may be some similar threads, but they are rather old. I've recently been having a nightmare with Nvidia and Ubuntu with my specific motherboard. I ended up going for a new motherboard and AMD GPU instead. My old GPU was the EVGA GTX1650. After…
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Cannot configure Fan Speed with pwmconfig

I have a ASUS TP301UJ laptop with dual-boot and my fan is quite loud all the time. I am trying to configure my fan speed in Ubuntu (I did it easily in Windows 10), but I am having problems. Here is what I did: I installed lm-sensors, psensor and…
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How to control CPU fan with no pwm-capable sensors?

I've tried to follow the directions on this thread: How to control fan speed? But pwmconfig gives me this error: /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed Is there anything I can still do to control my cpu fan speed? $…
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Imac with Ubuntu (Lubuntu 20.04) - Controlling fan speed

The situation I switched an old Imac (2008) to Lubuntu. While it runs smoothly for all I need to do, 20 minutes after starting the CPU fan starts to get super loud. Here is a screenshot of psensor: psensor screenshot psensor screenshot Basically, 2…
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Install CoreCtrl (GPU GUI) on Ubuntu 20.04

I read about "CoreCtrl" (GPU GUI) which looks promising but I cannot find it in the repository. Do you have any ideas how I can install it? Thanks. More about CoreCtrl
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