Cooling Fan

This guide shows you how to change the fan speed modes from within Ubuntu.

Here are two ways to set the fan:

  1. Apply settings through the system, for desktop firmware.
  2. Set up via the command line, using desktop and server firmware.
1. Open Fan Settings

Find the app called Fan Settings from within your application list.

Fan Settings

Click to open it.

  1. Select Fan Speed Mode

Fan Speed

Select the fan speed mode that you want, the default is auto.

  1. Choose to either save the mode, or exit discarding changes.

Save or Exit

Type your password.

Fan PSK

  1. Set the fan mode:
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$ fan.sh off
$ fan.sh on
$ fan.sh auto
  1. Read the fan mode:
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$ fan.sh mode
  1. Set the fan speed:
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$ fan.sh high
$ fan.sh mid
$ fan.sh low
  1. Read the fan speed:
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$ fan.sh level
  1. Read CPU temperature:
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$ fan.sh temp