thinkpad-fan

An automated fan control daemon for ThinkPads

OVERVIEW

thinkpad-fan controls your ThinkPad's fan speed. It will set your fan to different levels depending on the temperature of your ThinkPad.

INSTALLATION

1. Download a .zip of thinkpad-fan from GitHub

2. Unzip it to any directory

3. For thinkpad-fan to work, you will need to create a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ named thinkpad_acpi.conf

4. Add the following line to thinkpad_acpi.conf

options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1

5. Take a look at (and modify if needed) the file at <your_unzipped_directory>/fand.conf. After you install thinkpad-fan, the config file will be located at /etc/fand.conf.

6. Run the install.sh script as root. For example:

cd <your_unzipped_directory>
sudo ./install.sh

7. Follow the instructions in the install script.

8. Reboot.

USAGE

1. Install the program

2. Configure it as you desire. Configuration information in the /etc/fand.conf (after you have installed it), or in <your_unzipped_directory>/fand.conf (if you have not installed it yet). Remember, once you install the program the config file WILL NOT be in <your_unzipped_directory>/fand.conf. It will be in /etc/fand.conf!

3. Enjoy!

TROUBLESHOOTING

• Permission Denied errors

  • This may mean that either the fand process isn't running as root, or something else is wrong. Make sure that you are running the script as root.

• Cannot find file errors:

  • This may mean that either your computer's fan control files or your computer's temperature files do not exist in the place thinkpad-fan is looking. Please locate the right file(s) and manually edit the fand script.
  • Are you sure your computer is really a ThinkPad?

ISSUES

If you run into any issues with thinkpad-fan, please let me know! GitHub issue reports and pull requests are greatly appreciated.

LICENSE

thinkpad-fan is open source software. Please see the LICENSE file for more details.