From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 28 07:40:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 660571065695 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:40:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40CC8FC15 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:40:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7S7eIWk047481; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:40:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A2510BAA2; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:40:18 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:40:18 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: "Svein Skogen (Listmail account)" Message-ID: <20100828074018.GA1543@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20100826172000.GA46981@slackbox.erewhon.net> <4C778D2A.7090405@gmail.com> <20100827185209.GA79881@slackbox.erewhon.net> <4C78B652.10701@stillbilde.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jI8keyz6grp/JLjh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C78B652.10701@stillbilde.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fan control X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:40:26 -0000 --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 09:10:10AM +0200, Svein Skogen (Listmail account) w= rote: > On 27.08.2010 20:52, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:02:18PM +0200, Matias wrote: > >> Thanks for replying! > >> > >> I've tried everything you mention here with no success: > >> > >> The BIOS is pretty basic, just allows to select boot order, set the=20 > >> date, and not much more than that. No sysctls also.=20 > >=20 > > Some desktop machines have a knob that you can turn which controls the = fan > > speed. > >=20 > > In my experience only laptops come with a ACPI thermal subdevice. >=20 > Then, I guess that you've not used to Asus mainboards? As a matter of fact I'm running a P5KPL-VM right now. No acpi_thermal sysct= ls to be found. Of course I am running powerd. > >> I guess that my only option to check if the hardware has the feature w= ill be > >> to get windows on it and see what happens. > >=20 > > Reading the manual is also an option. :-) >=20 > Have you ever seen a manual for "consumer gear" that includes the word > "FreeBSD" except (maybe) in the copyright notices? It doesn't have to. Even if it just says "Use the windoze program foo to control the fan speed", you know that it's possible. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkx4vWIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWybgCgreCEvoN8p0E/T6b6nQyVbcOe RIwAn0ys9e4ZP0z5IUQZmBuWsWczJYiK =ApcC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh--