Fan control problem on OpenSuse 11.3

Hi,

I’m new in Linux, getting some basic knowledge and have installed OpenSUSE 11.3 to my desktop together with WIN XP.

The installation was ‘OK’ but I cant get rid of one problem related to my CPU FAN being 100% utilized and running full speed (which is not occurring when running windows).

I’m using PK5 ASUS motherboard. I googled some advices, added ‘acpi-enforce-resources=lax’ into my /boot/grub/menu.lst but these didnt help, the fan is still too loud.

I get following outputs for different commands which are related to the fancontrol mechanism (I suppose) …

pwmconfig:
*# pwmconfig revision 5770 (2009-09-16)
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.

/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed*

sensors
*atk0110-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
Vcore Voltage: +1.17 V (min = +0.85 V, max = +1.60 V)
+3.3 Voltage: +3.33 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V)
+5 Voltage: +5.16 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
+12 Voltage: +12.10 V (min = +10.20 V, max = +13.80 V)
CPU FAN Speed: 1180 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CHASSIS1 FAN Speed: 0 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CHASSIS2 FAN Speed:1222 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
POWER FAN Speed: 0 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CPU Temperature: +35.0°C (high = +60.0°C, crit = +95.0°C)
MB Temperature: +42.0°C (high = +45.0°C, crit = +95.0°C) *

fancontrol
Loading configuration from /etc/fancontrol …
Error: Can’t read configuration file

I will be grateful for any help …

Thnx in advance, Marek

I finally get rid of the noise by the installation of the graphic card driver using the link above for nvidia.ymp, (http://opensuse-community.org/nvidia.ymp) as I found a message in some forum saying that someone was able to eliminate the fan noise issue once the graphic card driver is installed so I googled in this way as well.

During the jurney, I found the sensors-detect command which I run and ensured the “sensors” command gives little bit more information, anyway I’m still not able to successfully call pwmconfig.

sensors
*atk0110-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
Vcore Voltage: +1.16 V (min = +0.85 V, max = +1.60 V)
+3.3 Voltage: +3.33 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V)
+5 Voltage: +5.16 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
+12 Voltage: +12.15 V (min = +10.20 V, max = +13.80 V)
CPU FAN Speed: 1171 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CHASSIS1 FAN Speed: 0 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CHASSIS2 FAN Speed: 839 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
POWER FAN Speed: 0 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CPU Temperature: +35.0°C (high = +60.0°C, crit = +95.0°C)
MB Temperature: +42.0°C (high = +45.0°C, crit = +95.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +50.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +50.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) *

**BUT who cares, my original problem is solved, it was the nVIDIA fan noise, not CPU I was facing. NOW the fan gets under control and the computer noise is significantly decreased to an excellent value. **

Regards, M.