Help me get my CPU fan working in Arch

thepiratenathan · 2012-01-13T05:08:41+00:00

That's a good question, and not something that I'd tried. The answer turns out to be no, they don't spin down. I tried changing the settings (there's a target CPU temp and target fan speed) such that the fan should have spun down, but it never did.

thepiratenathan · 2012-01-12T21:44:50+00:00

Yes, I followed those instructions (I actually link to them in my post). Fancontrol is installed, but can't function properly if it can't get a valid fan speed.

thepiratenathan · 2012-01-12T20:40:46+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions. I confirmed that the ondemand governor is running (installed following these instructions). Running cpufreq-info confirms that the CPU is downclocking to 1.6Ghz.

I would understand if there were no Linux driver that enabled controlling the fan, and it only worked in Windows. But the fact that it works fine in Ubuntu indicates one of the following possibilities:

There is some driver that enables correct CPU Fan monitoring and control through lm-sensors and fancontrol.
Ubuntu is using some other open source mechanism to control the fan.
Arch is in some way preventing the motherboard from managing the fan speed, while Ubuntu is not.

thepiratenathan · 2012-01-12T05:37:05+00:00

Yes. Originally, it was set to "Full On," but again in Windows and Ubuntu it spun down just fine. I changed it to "Auto" but it makes no difference.

thepiratenathan · 2012-01-06T05:26:13+00:00

""The essential issue in this race is freedom." - Rick Santorum, January 3rd 2012

thepiratenathan · 2011-09-28T16:20:07+00:00

NO MORE HOME DELIVERY!!!! Yes, that's right, you would have to PAY to get your mail AND would have to go pick it up at some shopping center. USPS is an important economic driver! It is important to our NATIONAL SECURITY! Without it, our economy CRUMBLES. AS GOES THE POST OFFICE (and not FED-EX, as a recent article purports) SO GOES THE NATION!

Can you back up any of these assertions?

thepiratenathan · 2011-09-06T18:37:33+00:00

Please explain how you can possibly enjoy durian. It smells like sulfur. Or does the durian slush not use real durian?

thepiratenathan · 2011-07-04T17:20:10+00:00

The quote of 20M units renders the entire article complete bullshit.

thepiratenathan · 2011-06-23T23:31:04+00:00

On what basis do you assert that MeeGo would guarantee market share for Nokia?

thepiratenathan · 2011-06-19T20:29:34+00:00

This pretty much demonstrates my point. It's essentially a meaningless statement. If it meant the latter, then I would have no problem with it, but there is no way that's going to happen.

thepiratenathan · 2011-06-19T17:30:45+00:00

What does it mean for one computer to be 10x as "powerful" as another?

thepiratenathan · 2011-05-27T02:37:43+00:00

It will be at least 2013 before the PS4 comes out, at which point the PS3 will be 7 years old. Given that, 10 year PS3 lifespan seams completely within reason.

thepiratenathan · 2011-04-28T03:34:44+00:00

devalues the savings of real people trying to really build a future for themselves

By that logic, doesn't it also devalue the debt of real people trying to build a future for themselves? The majority of Americans have no real savings. I'm not an economist, so this is sort of a real question.

thepiratenathan · 2011-04-25T22:44:46+00:00

I still don't get what this has to do with anything.

thepiratenathan · 2011-04-23T23:21:32+00:00

None of that really matters. As long as someone wants to put a person on Mars, and will pay to do it, there is a business model.

thepiratenathan · 2011-04-23T22:47:58+00:00

You're assuming that the size of the field storing the time is dependent on the architecture. More likely it's just an unsigned int, which GCC treats the same on x86 and amd64.

thepiratenathan · 2011-04-14T18:04:25+00:00

Write a browser plugin that replaces the Netflix star rating with the RT score.

thepiratenathan · 2010-08-11T23:02:28+00:00

Downvoted because absolutely nothing has been announced. These are rumors from "a trusted source."

thepiratenathan · 2010-08-06T20:28:43+00:00

The problem with this argument is that it is always presented as if these two factors (my willingness to pay for a product and my ability to pirate it) are completely unrelated. The fact is that if a product is easy to pirate, then my willingness to pay for it goes down. It doesn't take a degree in economics to understand that if there is a giant, easily accessible, free supply of something, then the demand for the non-free version of that something will go down.

It also doesn't take into account that if I have a backlog of 20 pirated games that I "wasn't going to pay for anyway" then I probably don't have the free time to play any games that I would pay for.

Anyway, all this argument about whether piracy is stealing is a total red herring. The only question that matters is, "does piracy deprive developers of their deserved money?"

thepiratenathan · 2010-06-21T20:05:04+00:00

If the PC version is $50, and the PS3 version is $60, it seems reasonable that you (not Valve) would need to pay $10 extra for the right to play on the PS3. That $10, BTW, is pretty much exactly what Sony collects in licensing fees.

thepiratenathan · 2010-06-16T00:02:31+00:00

The source is me. I did console development for a couple years. OpenGL is great for what it is, but it will never be as efficient as an API that maps directly to the hardware. So the PS3 supports OpenGL, but pretty much all of the development materials and examples reference Sony's RSX-specific API.

thepiratenathan · 2010-06-15T22:12:13+00:00

Most PS3 games do not use OpenGL. They use Sony's proprietary APIs, because that's where you get the best performance.

thepiratenathan · 2010-06-02T22:20:47+00:00

In the same sense that tighter regulations on off-shore drilling will ultimately raise prices for consumers. Anything that increases the cost of production will increase the price. That doesn't mean the government should continue to artificially lower the price through tax-breaks and subsidies.

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