hey my laptops fan ain't workin but i know wot to do, but im to attuned to windows to understand it so cud u plz explain it me like im a complete idiot:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=117

thnxs

I think you gave the wrong link.

links on now

Just do as told on the site.
The commands like
need to be done in a terminal.(just copy/paste)

Which distribution are you using?

ubuntu 8.10 will the commands work if i put the file on the desktop

open a terminal
type
Then when you download the file, download it to
download
then in the terminal type
continue as said on the site

thnxs for help i've got so far put it still dusent work i changed it to my settings tested it but fan is still not workin

it even went up to "3rd gear"

terminal :

majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ tar xvfz /home/majingohan99/Desktop/acer_fancontrol.tar.gz
acer_fancontrol/
acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol
acer_fancontrol/mempat
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ gedit acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ sudo ./acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol
[sudo] password for majingohan99:
./acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol: 210: mempat: not found
Clutch down
./acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol: 210: mempat: not found
2nd gear
./acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol: 210: mempat: not found
2nd gear
./acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol: 210: mempat: not found
3rd gear

try
cd acer_fancontrol
./acer_fancontrol

now its saying i need the coretemp modules

terminal:

majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ tar xvfz /home/majingohan99/Desktop/acer_fancontrol.tar.gz
acer_fancontrol/
acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol
acer_fancontrol/mempat
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ cd acer_fancontrol
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~/acer_fancontrol$ ./acer_fancontrol
FATAL: Error inserting coretemp (/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.ko): Operation not permitted
You must have module coretemp to monitor the CPU temperature
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~/acer_fancontrol$

Ok...so load the coretemp module. "modprobe coretemp"

do i type tht in terminal coz if so it still says failed

Spell out your words....and give a complete error message. Are you root when you type that in? What is the exact error that it returns?

I TRYED TYPING IT IN BUT I GOT AN ERROR LIKE THIS

TERMINAL:

HIGHLIGHTED

majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ tar xvfz /home/majingohan99/Desktop/acer_fancontrol.tar.gz
acer_fancontrol/
acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol
acer_fancontrol/mempat
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ gedit acer_fancontrol
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ gedit acer_fancontrol/acer_fancontrol
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~$ cd acer_fancontrol
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~/acer_fancontrol$ ./acer_fancontrol
FATAL: Error inserting coretemp (/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.ko): Operation not permitted
You must have module coretemp to monitor the CPU temperature
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~/acer_fancontrol$
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~/acer_fancontrol$ modprobe coretemp
FATAL: Error inserting coretemp (/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.ko): Operation not permitted
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~/acer_fancontrol$ sudo ./modprobe coretemp
[sudo] password for majingohan99:
sudo: ./modprobe: command not found
majingohan99@majingohan99-laptop:~/acer_fancontrol$

Please don't shout,

type
sudo modprobe coretemp

You need to be root or SUDO to run modprobe. Modprobe isn't in your path...find it (it's probably in /sbin or /usr/sbin), then type in "<path name>/modprobe".

Also, if you pay attention to the error messages, you'll see that when you try to run acer_fancontrol, it's trying to insert the module for you. Either SUDO or su to root, make sure the path to modprobe is in your $PATH variable, and run acer_fancontrol.