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Date:      Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:54:13 +0700
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru>
To:        Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com>
Cc:        powerpc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Manual fan control on iBook G4?
Message-ID:  <20140729065413.GB15759@regency.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20140728234513.12fcc7e9@zhabar.att.net>
References:  <20140728153559.GA41604@regency.nsu.ru> <20140728090245.13062177@zhabar.att.net> <20140728161622.GA51464@regency.nsu.ru> <53D681DA.7040104@freebsd.org> <20140729063619.GA14398@regency.nsu.ru> <20140728234513.12fcc7e9@zhabar.att.net>

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On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:45:13PM -0700, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> The fan should be controlled automatically.  If you want manual control
> you can set sysctl machdep.manage_fans=0 and manage the fans with
> dev.adt746x.* . Since the machine doesn't get very warm, chances are you
> may never hear them.

Thanks, I'll try that.  I do not mistrust automatic fan control; I just
want to ensure that fan is not dirty (jammed) or broken; hence I needed a
way to force fan and see how it goes.  Once I rule out fan as a reason for
these lock-ups I see in Tiger, I'll be happy with normal fan management.

./danfe



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