thinkfan-control-gui
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a small gui app for linux to control fan speed and monitor temps on a thinkpad
Thinkpad Fan Control GUI
This is an application for controlling fan speed on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads.
It can also monitor CPU temp and fan RPM.
It is written for Linux only. For windows, see http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
How it Works?
- Parses
sensors
command to show CPU temp and fan RPM - Modifies
/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
to change fan speed
Dependencies
sudo apt install lm-sensors python3 python3-tk
Setup
- Open this file, using command --
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.conf
- Add line
options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1
- Reboot.
-
python3 fan.py
( Add sudo
to modify speed )
Note: You are required to have the Linux kernel with thinkpad-acpi
patch. (Ubuntu, Solus and a few others already seem to have this)