[opensuse-factory] How do you control the fan on a ThinkPad without /proc/acpi/ibm in 12.1?

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Roman Bysh

1 Feb 2012 1 Feb '12

18:36

Hello all, I'm trying to help out on the Laptop forum on fan control. How does one control the fan on a ThinkPad now that /proc/acpi/ibm is missing after running update? Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

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Greg KH

1 Feb 1 Feb

19:33

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:36:44PM -0500, Roman Bysh wrote:

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Hello all,

I'm trying to help out on the Laptop forum on fan control. How does one control the fan on a ThinkPad now that /proc/acpi/ibm is missing after running update?

Use the proper sysfs files instead. What tool is not yet converted to use these files? They have been there for _years_. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roman Bysh

2 Feb 2 Feb

17:48

On Wed 01 Feb 2012 02:33:51 PM EST, Greg KH wrote:

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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:36:44PM -0500, Roman Bysh wrote:

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Hello all,

I'm trying to help out on the Laptop forum on fan control. How does one control the fan on a ThinkPad now that /proc/acpi/ibm is missing after running update?

Use the proper sysfs files instead.

What tool is not yet converted to use these files? They have been there for _years_.

Since the fan control is disabled by default. It's just a matter of creating a /etc/modprobe.d/50-thinkpad_acpi.conf file and enabling it by adding the following line: fan_control=1 ------------------------ This is for an L512. Yes? -- Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Marco Calistri

18:06

On Thu 02 Feb 2012 at 15:48:22 (-0300 UTC) Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Wed 01 Feb 2012 02:33:51 PM EST, Greg KH wrote:

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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:36:44PM -0500, Roman Bysh wrote:

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Hello all,

I'm trying to help out on the Laptop forum on fan control. How does one control the fan on a ThinkPad now that /proc/acpi/ibm is missing after running update?

Use the proper sysfs files instead.

What tool is not yet converted to use these files? They have been there for _years_.

Since the fan control is disabled by default. It's just a matter of creating a /etc/modprobe.d/50-thinkpad_acpi.conf file and enabling it by adding the following line:

fan_control=1

------------------------ This is for an L512.

Yes?

This configuration can be applied as well for a Lenovo Z470 and openSUSE 12.1 standard? Many Thanks! -- Marco Calistri http://mcalistri.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roman Bysh

18:59

On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 at 15:48:22 (-0300 UTC) Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Wed 01 Feb 2012 02:33:51 PM EST, Greg KH wrote:

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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:36:44PM -0500, Roman Bysh wrote:

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Hello all,

I'm trying to help out on the Laptop forum on fan control. How does one control the fan on a ThinkPad now that /proc/acpi/ibm is missing after running update?

Use the proper sysfs files instead.

What tool is not yet converted to use these files? They have been there for _years_.

Since the fan control is disabled by default. It's just a matter of creating a /etc/modprobe.d/50-thinkpad_acpi.conf file and enabling it by adding the following line:

fan_control=1

------------------------ This is for an L512.

Yes?

This configuration can be applied as well for a Lenovo Z470 and openSUSE 12.1 standard?

Many Thanks!

Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop. -- Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Jon Nelson

19:08

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-) -- Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roman Bysh

19:23

On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default. -- Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Jon Nelson

19:43

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

I'm at 1920x1080 right now. Absolutely lovely screen. The matte anti-glare one. -- Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Jeffrey L. Taylor

3 Feb 3 Feb

00:03

Quoting Jon Nelson :

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

I'm at 1920x1080 right now. Absolutely lovely screen. The matte anti-glare one.

+1 Screen is wonderful. I can work outside finally. Jeffrey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roman Bysh

15:41

On Thu 02 Feb 2012 07:03:23 PM EST, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:

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Quoting Jon Nelson:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

I'm at 1920x1080 right now. Absolutely lovely screen. The matte anti-glare one.

+1

Screen is wonderful. I can work outside finally.

Jeffrey

I would like to put together a QA about setting up a ThinkPad. Think fan, media keys, Gobi etc. This would be for the wiki. You can email me directly on this one. Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Andreas Jaeger

15:57

On Friday, February 03, 2012 04:41:00 PM Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 07:03:23 PM EST, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:

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Quoting Jon Nelson:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

I'm at 1920x1080 right now. Absolutely lovely screen. The matte anti-glare one.

+1

Screen is wonderful. I can work outside finally.

Jeffrey

I would like to put together a QA about setting up a ThinkPad. Think fan, media keys, Gobi etc.

This would be for the wiki.

You can email me directly on this one.

There're one or two places already to talk about Thinkpad and Linux like the thinkwiki. I suggest to link to those and only keep openSUSE specific stuff here, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger aj@{suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn,Jennifer Guild,Felix Imendörffer,HRB16746 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roman Bysh

16:28

On Fri 03 Feb 2012 10:57:25 AM EST, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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On Friday, February 03, 2012 04:41:00 PM Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 07:03:23 PM EST, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:

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Quoting Jon Nelson:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote: > On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: > Great to hear. Did you get it working? > I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

I'm at 1920x1080 right now. Absolutely lovely screen. The matte anti-glare one.

+1

Screen is wonderful. I can work outside finally.

Jeffrey

I would like to put together a QA about setting up a ThinkPad. Think fan, media keys, Gobi etc.

This would be for the wiki.

You can email me directly on this one.

There're one or two places already to talk about Thinkpad and Linux like the thinkwiki. I suggest to link to those and only keep openSUSE specific stuff here,

Andreas

Agreed. I am constantly helping out on the forum with openSUSE and laptops. I'm presently trying to put together a QA for the wiki. People can email me directly. Sorry about that. Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roman Bysh

2 Feb 2 Feb

20:53

On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:23:45 PM EST, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

Can you control your fan and other multimedia keys? -- Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Jon Nelson

21:05

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:23:45 PM EST, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

Can you control your fan and other multimedia keys?

My volume keys (and mute) work. I don't have any other buttons. I don't control my fan manually. -- Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roman Bysh

21:26

On Thu 02 Feb 2012 04:05:19 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:23:45 PM EST, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 02:08:18 PM EST, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

That is the model that I was just looking at recently. However, it would be nice to see them offer a screen resolution of at least "1680x1050" by default.

Can you control your fan and other multimedia keys?

My volume keys (and mute) work. I don't have any other buttons. I don't control my fan manually.

I think I'm going to buy the T520 or T530. -- Cheers! Roman ------------------------------------------------------------------ openSUSE Linux -- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://counter.li.org #179293 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Hans Witvliet

23:35

New subject: [opensuse-factory] How do you control the fan on a ThinkPad without /proc/acpi/ibm in 12.1?

On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 13:08 -0600, Jon Nelson wrote:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote: Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

I've had Dell and Lenovo laptops. I'll probably never buy anything but Lenovo again. They rock. Thinkpads especially. I never control the fan manually, the EC (embedded controller) takes care of that. Make sure you use the latest BIOS. My T520 with a mid/high-end i7 runs at 114F most of the time, nearly silently, with outstanding battery life. Outstanding, A+, would buy again. :-)

Someone at my office made the dicision to switch from thinkpads towards HP Elite 8560w. Just two remark: Royal PITA, avoid at all costs Not just the fact that from six laptops five had fatal hw errors (can happen), but much more how HP customer survice is treating you. Next time: IBM/Lenovo for me! hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Marco Calistri

19:23

On Thu 02 Feb 2012 at 16:59:13 (-0300 UTC), Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 01:06:13 PM EST, Marco Calistri wrote:

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On Thu 02 Feb 2012 at 15:48:22 (-0300 UTC) Roman Bysh wrote:

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On Wed 01 Feb 2012 02:33:51 PM EST, Greg KH wrote:

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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:36:44PM -0500, Roman Bysh wrote:

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Hello all,

I'm trying to help out on the Laptop forum on fan control. How does one control the fan on a ThinkPad now that /proc/acpi/ibm is missing after running update?

Use the proper sysfs files instead.

What tool is not yet converted to use these files? They have been there for _years_.

Since the fan control is disabled by default. It's just a matter of creating a /etc/modprobe.d/50-thinkpad_acpi.conf file and enabling it by adding the following line:

fan_control=1

------------------------ This is for an L512.

Yes?

This configuration can be applied as well for a Lenovo Z470 and openSUSE 12.1 standard?

Many Thanks!

Great to hear. Did you get it working? I'm considering buying a Lenovo laptop.

My IdeaPad Z470 works perfectly under openSUSE 12.1. The only thing I noticed is that multimedia buttons are not fully responsive yet, but I can adjust volume by keyboard Fn key. I would like to know if somebody tried to set the acpi.conf in order to control the Fan of this laptop. Cheers, Marco -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

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