Re: Laptop fan doesn't stop
amt, 10.01.2012:
> Hello, running Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 amd64 on a DELL laptop and I have
> a problem with the fan. When it boots up, the fan is really silent but
> after a few of minutes it starts working and doesn't stop at all. I
> didn't had this problem when I was running a debian based distro.(it
> would start really slient, then work for a while, then go back silent
> and so on).
>
>
> Is there a fix to make my fan more responsive?
Reading the thread, it seems like you're getting various suggestions
about packages and modules for this and hopefully they'll help. My
laptop (Averatec 3250, running sid) sometimes behaves similarly and
I can fix it by unloading and reloading the thermal module:
# modprobe -r thermal
# modprobe thermal
Actually, my problem is usually that the fan stops coming on, and after
a while the laptop gets hot. When I notice this I do the unload/reload
to restart it. Doesn't happen often but has been happening for
5-6 years or so. More recently, like since a few months, I've also been
having the problem you're having. Instead of the fan going off, it goes
on full-speed for no reason. Sometimes it goes back to normal after a
couple of seconds, other times I have to unload/reload thermal to bring
it back to normal.
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