[Bug 546272] Re: Fan running constantly on Asus EeePC 1005HA

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In my case, this turned out not to be a kernel problem.  As suggested by
Cilidariu Mihai-Daniel, the problem was caused by a missing
/etc/fancontrol configuration, without which the fancontrol daemon will
not start.  pwmconfig was helpful in generating a config file, and with
some tweaking, I got it all to work.

So, it seems the root of the problem is a missing config file.  A correct one would be different for nearly every system though, so installing one with the operating system would probably require a database matching common hardware to appropriate configurations.  I don't know if such a database exists, but it seems to me it would be a worth-while project if Ubuntu wants to be competitive on netbooks and laptops.  This wikipage looks like a start:
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices

At the very least, this should be documented somewhere obvious like in
the Ubuntu release notes, so regular people get a hit at where to start
instead of assuming Ubuntu is just plain stupid about system fans.

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Fan running constantly on Asus EeePC 1005HA
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546272
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