How can I control fan speed on Inspiron 15R? I installed i8kutils as instructed on ubuntuforums but don't know how to use it. Fan makes quite a noise and runs all the time.
Ubuntu – How to control fan speed in Dell Inspiron 5010 (15R)
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Best Answer
So doing the research on this, it looks like the way to control the fan is to issue the following command:
Where R is the right fan mode and L is the left fan mode. The modes are as follows:
You should install
sensors-applet
which contains an applet you can add to your gnome panel. This keeps track of the temperature of your cpu and system and you should certainly keep a track on it if you are going to change the fan speed. Once you've got the applet installed, you just have to right click on your gnome panel and clickAdd to panel...
look down the list forHardware Sensors Applet