fan_control
Small application to control fan speeds on ThinkPad laptops in Linux (by EVODelavega)
mbpfan
A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros (probably all Apple computers) for Linux Kernel 3 and newer [Moved to: https://github.com/linux-on-mac/mbpfan] (by dgraziotin)
| fan_control | mbpfan | |
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| 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 600 | |
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| 2.5 | 1.7 | |
| about 1 year ago | over 2 years ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Question for people with older iMacs
2) When the fan starts revving up, quite noisy so because the iMac is old, it will rarely or never calm down again. To fix this, I need to install mbpfan from https://github.com/dgraziotin/mbpfan
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Installing Bare Metal on MacBook Air (2011)
To use: echo [fanspeed] > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_min echo [fanspeed] > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_min Script to change speed: fan.sh #!/bin/bash echo $1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_min echo $1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_min chmod a+x fan.sh sudo ./fan.sh [fanspeed] Where it says [fanspeed], give it a value in RPM. 2000 is quiet. 7000 (noisy) will generally max out a MacBook fan. NOTE: this script sets the Minimum Speed parameter - you can see the defined Max using lm-sensors (below) - usually around 6200 OR Install as service: https://github.com/dgraziotin/mbpfan To check the temps: apt-get install lm-sensors sensors-detect (accept defaults) sensors watch sensors
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fan_control and mbpfan you can also consider the following projects:
thinkfan - The minimalist fan control program
sushi-shuffle - Lightweight and flexible file sorter, file organizer, daemon
mbpfan - A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros (probably all Apple computers) for Linux Kernel 3 and newer
zcfan - A zero-configuration fan daemon for ThinkPads.
tf - Tiny program for fan control Thinkpad notebooks
asus-fan - Kernel module to get/set (both) fan speed(s) on ASUS Zenbooks
cm4io-fan - CM4 IO board PWM fan controller driver
apple-developer-wallpapers - Desktop wallpapers for Apple developers based on "Colours" available on MacOs.
nbfc-linux - NoteBook FanControl ported to Linux
macfand - Fan control for Macs running Linux