ubuntu cooling fan support

[R C]

On 12/25/24 07:48, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> Hi,
> Am Dienstag, dem 24.12.2024 um 19:52 -0700 schrieb R C:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> Ubuntu 24.04.1 runs on the raspberry pi 5
>>
>> (ubuntu-24.04.1-preinstalled-desktop-arm64+raspi.img)
>>
>>
>> Does it also support the cooling fan in a Argon Neo 5 enclosure?
>>
>>
> Sinced thie fan is controlled via GPIO it will indeed be supported by
> the kernel, but you will likely havbe to write something yourself to
> use and manage it (or find a tool that controls GPIO attached fans) in
> userspace...

I don't know if it's a GPIO pin(s),  the fan goes into a little fan 
control socket, it's next to the GPIO rail, but it's not one of the 
regular pins.


>
> I once made a snap for pi3/4 (never tested on a pi5 though), take a
> look at the fancontrol shellscript in:
>
> https://github.com/ogra1/pi-fancontrol-snap
>
> ... to get an impression what is needed

I'll take a look at it


thanks!



>
> ciao
> 	oli
>