i8kmon not started after resume from suspend

[Dario Menin]

On a Dell laptop Inspiron 3521, i8kmon is not started after resume from suspend, making the fan run at high speed without reason.
Starting manually i8kmon with "sudo i8kmon" works fine and the fan stops running at the maximum speed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: i8kutils 1.41
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-26.30-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Jul 15 12:30:41 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-19 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: i8kutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Dario Menin (darioalessio-menin)]

I found this solution:

1) create a script inside /lib/systemd/system-sleep with your favourite editor:

vim /lib/systemd/system-sleep/i8kmon

2) copy the following lines in the file (i used /lib/systemd/system-sleep/wpasupplicant as a starting point):

#!/bin/sh
set -e

if [ "$2" = "suspend" ] || [ "$2" = "hybrid-sleep" ]; then
    case "$1" in
        post) systemctl restart i8kmon.service ;;
    esac
fi

3) make the file executable for everyone:

sudo chmod a+x /lib/systemd/system-sleep/i8kmon

4) try to suspend, the fan speed problem should be gone now.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml

[Dario Menin (darioalessio-menin)]

The bug report was opened when it was supported... (and no one cared, it seems)

[Dan Stoner (danstoner)]

Possible workaround (posted on similar / duplicate bug report):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/i8kutils/+bug/1530252/comments/5