X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=breezed.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.txt;h=839affacb0ea34f91cdc5f7fb3c425c7b4c822d4;hp=3185264d3a47cde9fd123f729f62f08352c99ad4;hb=f3ba9c2688b3d7c852b06384bbe372bc341e3cf9;hpb=c327d3611dc5e876f675344bcee991ea788a9f1d diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 3185264..839affa 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,23 +1,27 @@ 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 Before installing, 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. If you want to give - it a try, just + 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, you can install the daemon simply with + Then install the daemon simply with make install @@ -25,15 +29,17 @@ make uninstall + 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. * 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 @@ -41,4 +47,4 @@ -- Francois Fleuret (francois@fleuret.org) -April 2009 +Nov 2015