Bug 43048

Summary:	[thinkpad-acpi]Fan control doesn't work
Product:	ACPI	Reporter:	Retsim Vonavi (copycat)
Component:	Power-Fan	Assignee:	acpi_power-fan
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE
Severity:	low	CC:	alan, enrico.tagliavini, lenb
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	3.2.12-1	Subsystem:
Regression:	No	Bisected commit-id:

Description Retsim Vonavi 2012-04-05 11:53:56 UTC

System saying that fan is disabled, and i get no way to control it. thinkpad-acpi module is loaded with "fan_control=1". Kernel version is 3.2.12-1. Laptop - ThinkPad Edge E420

:::cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan 
status:         disabled
speed:          0
level:          0

Comment 1 Enrico Tagliavini 2012-07-27 16:14:19 UTC

This is true also for Thinkpad edge 530. They changed once again the EC config it seems. This bug is likely a dup of bug #38082 

If someone want a tester or would just mind to explain me the basis of this stuff so I can just write it myself, make a whistle.

Comment 2 Alan 2012-08-24 14:54:25 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 38032 ***

Comment 3 Alan 2012-08-24 14:54:45 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 38082 ***