From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 16 04:05:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7001E16A403 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:05:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daeg@houston.rr.com) Received: from ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199DA43D45 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:05:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from daeg@houston.rr.com) Received: from cpe-24-167-74-69.houston.res.rr.com (cpe-24-167-74-69.houston.res.rr.com [24.167.74.69]) by ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8G45Sgo014400 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:05:29 -0500 (CDT) From: David J Brooks Organization: KC5WNK To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:05:36 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: In-Reply-To: X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(=?utf-8?q?gxJxxc=0A=09R=09nSNPNr*/=5E=7EStawWU9KDJ-CT0k=24f=23?=@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200609152305.37375.daeg@houston.rr.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: The fan is always on, even when the desktop is rather cool X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:05:30 -0000 On Friday 15 September 2006 18:10, Wei Hu wrote: > I have 3 systems in my desktop: > 1) When FreeBSD runs, my desktop fans are always running, and this > make annoy noisy. > 2) However when Debian runs, the fan eventually stops unless I am > performing a load intensive task. > 3) In Windows, the fan is almost always off. > I tried to use acpi and apm, but they are for laptop.(?) > In Freebsd, how can I control the cooling fans or how can the system > turns the fans off when the load is not heavy. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like a broken ACPI code to me. Check the handbook chapter on debugging ACPI: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html David -- Sure the Almighty created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base.