Tp-Fancontrol Thinkpad T61 Ubuntu Intrepid
Here are step-by-step instructions of how I got tp-fancontrol up and running on my Thinkpad T61, running Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10. First, download these files (right click on them, ’save target as’):
- Download tp-fancontrol script
- Download init Debian script
- Download configuration file for init script
In console, go into the directory where these files are located and move them:
chmod +x tp-fancontrol
sudo mv tp-fancontrol /usr/bin/
sudo mv tp-fancontrol.init /etc/init.d/tp-fancontrol
sudo mv tp-fancontrol.conf /etc/
Very important step: in ubuntu, the modprobe configuration file is named differently. Edit (or create new) /etc/modprobe.conf file:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.conf
Add:
options thinkpad_acpi experimental=1 fan_control=1
The final step is to configure your runlevels so that tp-fancontrol runs everytime the system boots:
sudo update-rc.d tp-fancontrol defaults
That’s it! Reboot and enjoy your silent laptop!
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5 Responses to “Tp-Fancontrol Thinkpad T61 Ubuntu Intrepid”
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toco on May 17th, 2009
Hi. I’m not able to download the scripts :/
Eastwood on May 17th, 2009
What happens after you click on the “Download” links?
Z on August 29th, 2009
wow!
my laptop’s motherboard has died recently and got new of that. since then the fancontrolling was out of order (tried new kernel, reconfigures: nothing happened), but your script helped me! thank you!
jeyno on September 18th, 2009
I suggest you look not only at fan control (cooling) but also at CPU frequency control (the cause of the heat)… I found the standard cpufreqd.conf settings were allowing the Thinkpad to set fire to itself…
praxis on September 19th, 2009
Cpufreq and assortment of other tools allow CPU-scaling. That’s what do (I use archlinux though).