X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=breezed.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.txt;h=839affacb0ea34f91cdc5f7fb3c425c7b4c822d4;hp=2ea29b24bf8b2e0005d0136c2538df4e444b9773;hb=f3ba9c2688b3d7c852b06384bbe372bc341e3cf9;hpb=14f485e5f1426556e96e7fdd8bfb9ad578bbb988 diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 2ea29b2..839affa 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,24 +1,36 @@ Breezed is a small daemon to control the speed of the fan, - depending on the current temperature of the computer. I have tested - it only on a Thinkpad X61s. + depending on the current temperature of the computer. + + DISCLAIMER: I have tested it only on my Thinkpads X61s, T420s, and + T450s with Debian stable. * INSTALLATION - You can install it simply by running as root + Before installing, you must have a configuration file in + /etc/breezed.conf. + + Three are provided in the archive, and they use the settings *I* + picked for my Lenovo Thinkpads. I have no idea if these settings + are safe on these laptops -- I guess so, since I have been using + them for years on both -- and I suspect they are not safe for + another laptop. + + If you want to give it a try, just copy of the configuration file, + e.g. + + cp breezed_Lenovo_X61s.conf /etc/breezed.conf + + Then install the daemon simply with - ./install.sh + make install - and de-install it with + and uninstall it with - ./remove.sh + make uninstall - You must have a configuration file in /etc/breezed.conf. Only one - is currently provided in the archive, and it corresponds to the - settings _I_ picked for _my_ Lenovo X61s. I have no idea if these - settings are safe on this laptop (I guess so, since I have been - using them for a few months now and it works perfectly), and I - suspect they are not safe for another laptop. + Use respectively install-sysv and uninstall-sysv to install it + through /etc/init.d. See the man page for details about the algorithm, arguments and configuration file. @@ -26,9 +38,8 @@ * NOTES On Thinkpads you have to allow the module thinkpad_acpi to set the - fan speed, which is not allowed by default in Debian. To do so, you - have to have a file /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.modprobe - containing + fan speed, which is not allowed by default in Debian. To do so, add + a file /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.conf containing ---------------------------- snip snip ------------------------------- options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 @@ -36,4 +47,4 @@ -- Francois Fleuret (francois@fleuret.org) -December 2008 +Nov 2015