Questions for people using Thinkfan

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@kzlz

[user@dom0 Desktop]$ sudo modprobe -r thinkpad_acpi && sudo modprobe thinpad_acpi
modprobe: FATAL: Module thinkpad_acpi is in use.

As stated in post that I linked in my previous reply:

@qinix

Also, it was not possible to restart thinkpad_acpi via

sudo modprobe -r thinkpad_acpi && sudo modprobe thinkpad_acpi

It turned out that in /etc/modprobe.d/thinkfan.conf

force_load=1

should be set in order to get thinkfan to start (options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 force_load=1).

Did you set force_load=1?

@kzlz

[user@dom0 Desktop]$ sudo thinkfan -n

ERROR: The sensor' keyword is deprecated. Please use the hwmon’ or `tp_thermal’ keywords instead!

This command should be used after you’ve stopped thinkfan service:

@qinix

For checking how thinkfan works use sudo systemctl stop thinkfan. After it has stopped and fan control is not in use, it can be re-started while showing the configured fan control level via (temperature values given above are too low for an easily overheating machine leading to a noisy fan)

sudo thinkfan -n