Acer laptop fan always running

[Iwan Mota]

Brand-new laptop, Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 64bit, fan is always running, from cold start...

When trying to run 'fan-control' - I get "fan: laptop does not have cooling fan or kernel module not installed."

Some additional info:

/proc/acpi/fan is empty.

$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points
critical (S5): 105 C
passive: 95 C: tc1=2 tc2=3 tsp=100 devices=CPU0 CPU1 CPU2

$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/cooling_mode
<setting not supported>

$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/state
state: ok

$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/polling_frequency
<polling disabled>

k10temp.ko module installed manually, problem existed before and persists after module installation

I have tried fglrx for my ATI vid card and the open-source, don't think it is related as reported in bug #563156

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic 2.6.32-25.44 [modified: lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/atl1e.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-synth.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/pcsp/snd-pcsp.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-dummy.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-mtpav.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-mts64.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-portman2x4.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-serial-u16550.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-virmidi.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/vx/snd-vx-lib.ko 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lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/usb/usx2y/snd-usb-us122l.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/sound/usb/usx2y/snd-usb-usx2y.ko]
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
AlsaVersion:
 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
 Compiled on Sep 30 2010 for kernel 2.6.32-25-generic (SMP).
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC271X Analog [ALC271X Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: imota 1471 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd8700000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC271X'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10250362,00100100'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xd8320000 irq 28'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Fri Oct 1 12:39:33 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1f86ceef-5130-414c-a3de-688a02f6d087
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5553G
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=8bce4a9e-a8f5-4597-954d-97e252597a97 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
RfKill:
 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.17
dmi.board.name: JV51_DN
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.17:bd08/04/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire5553G:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer:rnJV51_DN:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5553G
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
---
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.36-020636rc6-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
UserGroups:

[Abhijit Navale (abhi-navale)]

Hello.
Thanks for reporting this bug and help making ubuntu better.

Can you please try installing the latest Maverick kernel from here:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc6-maverick/

and see if the latest kernel solves your problem?

[Abhijit Navale (abhi-navale)]

Please kindly inform us back if this solves your problem or not.

[Iwan Mota (iwan-ecf)]

$ dmesg | grep fan
imota@imota-acer:~$ dmesg | grep control
[ 1.220749] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
imota@imota-acer:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/
cooling_mode state trip_points
polling_frequency temperature
imota@imota-acer:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/
cooling_mode state trip_points
polling_frequency temperature
imota@imota-acer:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/state
state: ok
imota@imota-acer:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/cooling_mode
<setting not supported>
imota@imota-acer:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points
critical (S5): 105 C
passive: 95 C: tc1=2 tc2=3 tsp=100 devices=CPU0 CPU1 CPU2
imota@imota-acer:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/polling_frequency
<polling disabled>
imota@imota-acer:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
temperature: 44 C
imota@imota-acer:~$ uname -a
Linux imota-acer 2.6.36-020636rc6-generic #201009291126 SMP Wed Sep 29 11:29:06 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Iwan Mota (iwan-ecf)]

@Abhijit

Tried the mainline maverick build, no changes... posted some info above

If you need any extra information let me know.

Thank you

[Iwan Mota (iwan-ecf)]

Also, if this is of any help, before installing the k10temp module I could not invoke the command 'sensors'. This is the output when I run it now:

$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +49.0°C (crit = +105.0°C)

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +49.5°C

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Iwan, can you please try to reproduce the problem with Maverick live cd? as maverick have all the updated packages. e.g. acpi-support et al

[Iwan Mota (iwan-ecf)]

Just tried the latest Maverick release and had same symptoms; Still nothing on /proc/acpi/fan and sensors-detect detected the temperature module k10temp, which in this case was already loaded. Only difference between Maverick and Lucid was that I had to manually add k10temp.

End result is same: $sensors returns the CPU temperature.

Fan still always on...

[Iwan Mota (iwan-ecf)]

Quick update: I should mention that I do get 2 different fan speeds: Constantly on but slow and a higher RPM speed. It doesn't seem to be controlled by the kernel acpi modules but rather a hardware behavior, platform independent.

My CPU right now is at 39C and the fan is in its "quiet" state (still spinning but slower than the "top speed").

Because it is a brand new laptop the fan is quiet whether spinning fast or slow, but you can definitely tell when the speed changes.

[Iwan Mota (iwan-ecf)]

I don't know how this happened but right now I just started my laptop and the fan is not on...

Core temp is 32C and the fan is completely off.

Is there a way to adjust the temperature when the fan comes on or off?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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