Thinkpad Fan noise

janglingquo_575 · December 25, 2023, 7:10pm

sudo thinkfan:

ERROR: module thinkpad_acpi doesn’t seem to support fan_control

Raist · January 3, 2024, 5:02pm

Im getting this error “/sys/class/hwmon/temp1_input: No such file or directory”

I installed thinkfan in dom0 per other guide, enabled it, and configured thinkfan.conf to “force_load=1” stopped thinkfan and restarted qubes but still get that as an error.

apparatus · January 3, 2024, 5:19pm

Follow the guide linked by @Sven:

Find the temperature control devices with
find /sys/devices -type f -name "temp*_input"
Add them to /etc/thinkfan.conf, including (level, min_temperature, max_temperature):

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/Yatoom/1c80b8afe7fa47a938d3b667ce234559#2-setup-configuration

setup.md

# Thinkfan setup
Note: I configured this thinkfan setup for my old Thinkpad w520 on Ubuntu 17.10.


## 1. Install necessary programs 

Install `lm-sensors` and `thinkfan`.

````
sudo apt-get install lm-sensors thinkfan

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thinkfan.conf

######################################################################
# thinkfan 0.7 example config file
# ================================
#
# ATTENTION: There is only very basic sanity checking on the configuration.
# That means you can set your temperature limits as insane as you like. You
# can do anything stupid, e.g. turn off your fan when your CPU reaches 70°C.
#
# That's why this program is called THINKfan: You gotta think for yourself.
#

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Raist · January 3, 2024, 5:35pm

perfect, thats what I needed thank you! Gotta say this community so far has been very helpful to a newbie.

Raist · January 3, 2024, 6:00pm

sorry, im hung up right away lol. Is the “lm-sensor” install necessary anymore? I already have thinkfan installed so I used “sudo qubes-dom0-update apt-get install lm-sensors” it returns “no match for argument” If I ran "find /sys/devices -type f -name “temp*_input” it does return a list of devices so i think the lm-sensor install may not be needed? Just making sure I’m not missing somethiing before proceeding with adding the info to the .conf file.

apparatus · January 3, 2024, 6:03pm

The package name is lm_sensors for fedora and lm-sensors for debian.

Raist · January 3, 2024, 6:06pm

thats the trick, and yep does look like it is installed, thanks again!