pwmconfig generates a blank values /etc/fancontrol
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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lm-sensors (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: lm-sensors
I'm trying to use pwmconfig and here is the output:
### BEGINING OF PASTE ###
root@ktk7:~# pwmconfig
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.
We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.
Found the following devices:
hwmon0/device is it8718
hwmon1/device is coretemp
hwmon2/device is coretemp
Found the following PWM controls:
hwmon0/
hwmon0/
hwmon0/
Giving the fans some time to reach full speed...
Found the following fan sensors:
hwmon0/
hwmon0/
hwmon0/
Warning!!! This program will stop your fans, one at a time,
for approximately 5 seconds each!!!
This may cause your processor temperature to rise!!!
If you do not want to do this hit control-C now!!!
Hit return to continue:
Testing pwm control hwmon0/device/pwm1 ...
hwmon0/
no correlation
hwmon0/
no correlation
No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of hwmon0/device/pwm1,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://
Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? n
Testing pwm control hwmon0/device/pwm2 ...
hwmon0/
no correlation
hwmon0/
It appears that fan hwmon0/
is controlled by pwm hwmon0/device/pwm2
Would you like to generate a detailed correlation (y)? y
Would you like to generate a graphical plot using gnuplot (y)? y
PWM 255 FAN 2257
PWM 240 FAN 2250
PWM 225 FAN 2070
PWM 210 FAN 1912
PWM 195 FAN 1735
PWM 180 FAN 1569
PWM 165 FAN 1391
PWM 150 FAN 1247
PWM 135 FAN 1078
PWM 120 FAN 934
PWM 105 FAN 770
PWM 90 FAN 620
PWM 75 FAN -1
Fan Stopped at PWM = 75
Hit return to continue...
Testing pwm control hwmon0/device/pwm3 ...
hwmon0/
It appears that fan hwmon0/
is controlled by pwm hwmon0/device/pwm3
Would you like to generate a detailed correlation (y)?
Would you like to generate a graphical plot using gnuplot (y)?
PWM 255 FAN 4326
PWM 240 FAN 4299
PWM 225 FAN 4066
PWM 210 FAN 3901
PWM 195 FAN 3571
PWM 180 FAN 3308
PWM 165 FAN 3013
PWM 150 FAN 2777
PWM 135 FAN 2509
PWM 120 FAN 2280
PWM 105 FAN 2027
PWM 90 FAN 1819
PWM 75 FAN 1654
PWM 60 FAN 1577
PWM 45 FAN 1548
PWM 30 FAN 1544
PWM 28 FAN 1541
PWM 26 FAN 1544
PWM 24 FAN 1541
PWM 22 FAN 1541
PWM 20 FAN 1541
PWM 18 FAN 1544
PWM 16 FAN 1544
PWM 14 FAN 1544
PWM 12 FAN 1544
PWM 10 FAN 1544
PWM 8 FAN 1544
PWM 6 FAN 1541
PWM 4 FAN 1544
PWM 2 FAN 1544
PWM 0 FAN 1544
Hit return to continue...
hwmon0/
no correlation
Testing is complete.
Please verify that all fans have returned to their normal speed.
The fancontrol script can automatically respond to temperature changes
of your system by changing fanspeeds.
Do you want to set up its configuration file now (y)?
What should be the path to your fancontrol config file (/etc/fancontrol)?
Select fan output to configure, or other action:
1) hwmon0/device/pwm3 3) Change INTERVAL 5) Save and quit
2) hwmon0/device/pwm2 4) Just quit 6) Show configuration
select (1-n): 5
Saving configuration to /etc/fancontrol...
Configuration saved
### END OF PASTE ###
I though everything was okay when I checked /etc/fancontrol:
### BEGINING OF PASTE ###
root@ktk7:~# cat /etc/fancontrol
# Configuration file generated by pwmconfig, changes will be lost
INTERVAL=10
FCTEMPS=
FCFANS=
MINTEMP=
MAXTEMP=
MINSTART=
MINSTOP=
root@ktk7:~#
### END OF PASTE ###
So pwmconfig is generating a blank values /etc/fancontrol, what is very unexpected. After running pwmconfig it left me with all fans speeding in max speed. I belive this is a bug.
Changed in lm-sensors (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Confirmed |
I tried a couple things that didn't work.
I'm running Precise.
I downloaded the tarball of the latest version of lm_sensors - http:// dl.lm-sensors. org/lm- sensors/ releases/ lm_sensors- 3.3.5.tar. bz2 pwmconfig) . No same results.
and ran pwmconfig directly from there (sudo bash prog/pwm/
Then I downloaded lm-sensors from trusty: http:// packages. ubuntu. com/trusty/ amd64/lm- sensors/ download helpers. So I forced it (which I do not recommend): dpkg --force-depends -i lm-sensors_ 3.3.4-2ubuntu1_ amd64.deb
Installing it via dpkg -i gave me an error about a dependency for the uninstalled package init-system-
That didn't work either. I'm pretty curious what's broken here. I'm starting to suspect that there's some other program the pwmconfig script uses that's somehow broken or missing in a way that's not being detected.