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01-14-2022 12:49 PM - edited 01-14-2022 03:05 PM
Product: HP EliteBook 850 G7 Notebook PC IDS Base Model
Operating System: Linux
Hello guys!
I have problem with Enable HP Coolsense on Linuxmint .
I tried to to it as in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbqNoJ9-IoQ , and this url http://tuxtweaks.com/2008/08/how-to-control-fan-speeds-in-ubuntu/ , but I get error
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed
There are my outputs:
sensors
$ sensors
iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +27.0°C
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +33.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +32.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +32.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +31.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +32.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
BAT0-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0: 12.54 V
curr1: N/A
pch_cannonlake-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +32.0°C
nvme-pci-6b00
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite: +23.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +84.8°C)
(crit = +89.8°C)
acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1: +32.0°C (crit = +128.0°C)
temp2: +25.0°C (crit = +128.0°C)
temp3: +30.0°C (crit = +128.0°C)
temp4: +29.0°C (crit = +128.0°C)
temp5: +26.0°C (crit = +128.0°C)
temp6: +27.0°C (crit = +128.0°C)
sudo /usr/sbin/fancontrol &
$ Loading configuration from /etc/fancontrol ...
Error: Can't read configuration file
Output for inxi -Fxz is
System:
Kernel: 5.10.0-1055-oem x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 850 G7 Notebook PC v: N/A
serial: <filter>
Mobo: HP model: 8724 v: KBC Version 06.37.00 serial: <filter> UEFI: HP
v: S73 Ver. 01.03.02 date: 11/04/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 54.3 Wh condition: 54.3/56.3 Wh (97%)
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: Full
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-10610U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake rev: C L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 36799
Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 400/4900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900
3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: sof-audio-pci
bus ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-1055-oem
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9462 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000
bus ID: 00:14.3
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 104.69 GiB (11.2%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS1000G size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 95.12 GiB used: 51.27 GiB (53.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /home size: 553.41 GiB used: 11.22 GiB (2.0%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: 25.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 360 Uptime: 16m Memory: 31.02 GiB used: 20.24 GiB (65.3%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
inxi: 3.0.38
Could you help me with it please?
Regards,
Serhii
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