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Date:      Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:55:23 +0100
From:      Xavier <xavierfreebsdquestions@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <CALe6D=uH5sm-q4i5Bs0OvshSKQjAdi1uxVy0jTxNViGxB38GTg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130119151358.535d6b9f@fabiankeil.de>
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On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 03:13:58PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote:

Hi Fabian,

> Xavier <xavierfreebsdquestions@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to control the on and off the fan on a laptop using FreeBSD?
>
> It depends on the laptop. On mine it works:
>
> fk@r500 ~ $sysctl -ad | grep fan
> dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed: Fan speed
> dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_level: Fan level
> dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan: Fan enable
>

My output of 'sysctl -ad | grep fan' don't show these parameters. Why ?
Because, my BIOS don't support these aparameters ? Another answer ?

Thanks, see you !



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