Greetings, I have been using Solus as a daily driver for almost a year now and am generally very happy with the distro. I have a question which, if solved, would basically make this distro perfect for me.
I have a Dell 5379, and the default fan behaviour isn't great. The fans ramp up quite aggressively, and will not switch off until the CPU temperature is under 45C, which basically never happens. In my previous Ubuntu install, I managed to solve this problem with a combination of programs.
First, dell-bios-fan-control toggles BIOS fan control off or on. I use this in order to toggle BIOS fan control off.
Then, using i8kutils, which is in the solus repos, I can make my own custom fan curves to keep my laptop quiet.
However, in Solus I am having trouble with the first step, which is why I am posting here today.
If I follow the Ubuntu-centric instructions to install dell-bios-fan-control, but on Solus:
git clone https://github.com/TomFreudenberg/dell-bios-fan-control.git
cd dell-bios-fan-control
make
sudo ./dell-bios-fan-control 0
..upon executing the final command, my computer freezes, is completely unresponsive, and requires a hard reset.
I also found the program available in the snap store.
sudo snap install dell-bios-fan-control
sudo dell-bios-fan.control 0
Gives me the error "sudo: dell-bios-fan-control: command not found"
I am fairly confident that if I get this program to run successfully, the next step (i8kutils) will be a breeze. However, for now I am stuck here. If anyone could help me run dell-bios-fan-control on Solus, I would be extremely grateful.
Thanks! 🙂
