2 Breezed is a small daemon to control the speed of the fan,
3 depending on the current temperature of the computer.
5 DISCLAIMER: I have tested it only on my Thinkpads X61s, T420s, and
6 T450s with Debian stable.
10 Before installing, you must have a configuration file in
13 Three are provided in the archive, and they use the settings *I*
14 picked for my Lenovo Thinkpads. I have no idea if these settings
15 are safe on these laptops -- I guess so, since I have been using
16 them for years on both -- and I suspect they are not safe for
19 If you want to give it a try, just copy of the configuration file,
22 cp breezed_Lenovo_X61s.conf /etc/breezed.conf
24 Then install the daemon simply with
32 Use respectively install-sysv and uninstall-sysv to install it
35 See the man page for details about the algorithm, arguments and
40 On Thinkpads you have to allow the module thinkpad_acpi to set the
41 fan speed, which is not allowed by default in Debian. To do so, add
42 a file /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.conf containing
44 ---------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------
45 options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1
46 ---------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------
49 Francois Fleuret (francois@fleuret.org)