
QtFan
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
This application provides a gui to fan speed control.
To use this application you must have the right modules loaded.
The easiest way to get the right modules loaded is by installing lm_sensors and running sensors-detect.
Some motherboards doesn't have the ability to control the fans.
sebbe1991
13 years ago
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renatgaraev
13 years ago
Why?
$uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 04:07:04 CEST 2007 i686
Mandriva 2008 Power Pack
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sebbe1991
13 years ago
and what motherboard do you have?
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renatgaraev
13 years ago
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Empty output. May be I can install modules or what I can need make, then you program can start work?
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sebbe1991
13 years ago
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angkung73
13 years ago
Driver `it87' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `ITE IT8712F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)
I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:
But I Already installed Qtfan before. How do I proced from here>
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sebbe1991
13 years ago
ls /sys/class/hwmon/
and
find /sys -iname 'pwm*'
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angkung73
13 years ago
I managed to install qtfan and it really work.
This is just for displaying right?
Can we use it to control the speed of the fan. Or is there any other project for controlling the fan speed?
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angkung73
13 years ago
How do you install, could you let me know the detail step?
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sebbe1991
13 years ago
2. open a terminal and cd into the directory where you saved the file.
3. tar xf qtfan-1.0.tar.gz
4. cd qtfan
5. qmake
6. make
7. sudo make install (or su -c 'make install' )
8. start qtfan from kmenu->system->qtfan
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angkung73
13 years ago
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sebbe1991
13 years ago
The install instructions is:
qmake
make
make install
You also need the right hwmon modules loaded to be able to control the fanspeeds.
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