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The minimalist fan control program
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ERROR: Module thinkpad_acpi doesn't seem to support fan_control #45

Closed pat-s closed 4 years ago

pat-s commented 6 years ago

sudo systemctl status thinkfan

Dec 05 18:09:05 arch systemd[1]: Starting Thinkfan, the minimalist fan control program...
Dec 05 18:09:05 arch thinkfan[23251]: ERROR: Module thinkpad_acpi doesn't seem to support fan_control
Dec 05 18:09:05 arch systemd[1]: thinkfan.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Dec 05 18:09:05 arch systemd[1]: thinkfan.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 05 18:09:05 arch systemd[1]: Failed to start Thinkfan, the minimalist fan control program.

I've set options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 and specified the following config file:

### T430
hwmon /sys/devices/virtual/hwmon/hwmon0/temp1_input
hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/temp3_input
hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/temp1_input
hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/temp2_input

(0, 0,  40)
(1, 32, 55)
(2, 54, 66)
(3, 65, 76)
(4, 75, 80)
(5, 78, 85)
(6, 82, 88)
(7, 85, 32767)

PS: Applies to both versions 0.9.3 and current git. I'm on a T430.

vmatare commented 6 years ago

Well, if you don't know what's going on then check it:

lsmod | grep thinkpad
cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
cat /sys/modules/thinkpad_acpi/parameters/fan_control
ferrao commented 5 years ago

The experimental=1 option fixed it for me.

s0m3OnE47 commented 4 years ago

The experimental=1 option fixed it for me.

How did you do that? Could you elaborate? I am facing same issue

vmatare commented 4 years ago

It's an option to the thinkpad_acpi kernel module. Module options are set by modifying or adding the appropriate files in /etc/modprobe.d/. Read the manpage: man modprobe.d.

vmatare commented 4 years ago

I've now put a link to the documentation for the thinkpad_acpi kernel module in the "SEE ALSO" section of both man pages. I think that should be sufficient, because if someone isn't paying attention to the documentation, they generally shouldn't be using thinkfan anyways.

mbernasocchi commented 4 years ago

How did you do that? Could you elaborate? I am facing same issue

@s0m3OnE47 you can simply do 

echo "options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 experimental=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/thinkfan.conf
sudo modprobe -rv thinkpad_acpi
sudo modprobe -v thinkpad_acpi

this will write the thinkpad_acpi options in the /etc/modprobe.d/thinkfan.conf and reload the thinkpad_acpi module

I was having the same issue in ubuntu 20.04 (Kernel 5.4.0-40-generic) with thinkfan 0.9.1 (installed via apt), adding the experimental flag solved it

aabacchus commented 3 years ago

Just in case anyone is trying this with the thinkpad_acpi module built-in, you add the following option to your kernel command line:

thinkpad_acpi.fan_control=1

If you're using grub, add this to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, then reconfigure grub with grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg (or whatever).

queeup commented 2 years ago

For Fedora Silverblue or Kinoite:

sudo rpm-ostree kargs --append=thinkpad_acpi.fan_control=1