Problem fan

arturo.rizzoli · July 3, 2019, 4:09am

I have asus FX504 and my fan is not working. I have Linux parrot 5.1.0-parrot1-3t-amd64 #1 SMP Parrot 5.1.3-1parrot1.3t (2019-05-20) x86_64 GNU/Linux.
My laptop it’s configured to multiboot (Parrot os and Windows 10); in Windows the fans work normally.

I’ve installed lm-sensors, pwmconfig, and fancontrol
When I use sensors this is the result:

$sensors
iwlwifi-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +37.0°C

asus-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
cpu_fan: 0 RPM

acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1: +50.0°C (crit = +99.0°C)
temp2: +27.8°C (crit = +119.0°C)

pch_cannonlake-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +58.0°C

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +49.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +49.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +46.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 4: +45.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 5: +46.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

So I try use this command sudo dmesg | grep -I fan and this is it:

[ 10.629988] systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/fancontrol.service:9: PIDFile= references path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/fancontrol.pid → /run/fancontrol.pid; please update the unit file accordingly.
[ 13.900150] asus_wmi: Number of fans: 1

The fans do not show signs of life…

I try with pwmconfig and thi is the result:

$sudo pwmconfig

pwmconfig revision $Revision$ ($Date$)

This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.

Found the following devices:
hwmon0 is acpitz
hwmon1 is coretemp
hwmon2 is asus
hwmon3 is pch_cannonlake
hwmon4 is iwlwifi

Found the following PWM controls:
hwmon2/pwm1 current value: 0
hwmon2/pwm1 is currently setup for automatic speed control.
In general, automatic mode is preferred over manual mode, as
it is more efficient and it reacts faster. Are you sure that
you want to setup this output for manual control? (n)
There are no usable PWM outputs.

Sooo I try with sudo sensors-detect and I choose the automatic settings by always pressing enter:

sensors-detect revision $Revision$

System: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF GAMING FX504GE_FX80GE [1.0] (laptop)

Board: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX504GE

Kernel: 5.1.0-parrot1-3t-amd64 x86_64

Processor: Intel(R) Core™ i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz (6/158/10)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you’re doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no):
Module cpuid loaded successfully.
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595… No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors… No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors… No
AMD K8 thermal sensors… No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors… No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors… No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors… No
AMD Family 15h thermal sensors… No
AMD Family 16h thermal sensors… No
AMD Family 17h thermal sensors… No
AMD Family 15h power sensors… No
AMD Family 16h power sensors… No
Intel digital thermal sensor… Success!
(driver `coretemp’)
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor… No
Intel 5500/5520/X58 thermal sensor… No
VIA C7 thermal sensor… No
VIA Nano thermal sensor… No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family National Semiconductor/ITE'... Yes Found unknown chip with ID 0x8987 Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f Trying family National Semiconductor/ITE’… No
Trying family SMSC'... No Trying family VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek’… No
Trying family `ITE’… No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no):
Probing for National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No Probing for National Semiconductor LM79’ at 0x290… No
Probing for Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No Probing for Winbond W83782D’ at 0x290… No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no):
Using driver `i2c-i801’ for device 0000:00:1f.4: Cannon Lake-H (PCH)
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at efa0 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for Analog Devices ADM1033'... No Probing for Analog Devices ADM1034’… No
Probing for SPD EEPROM'... Yes (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip) Probing for EDID EEPROM’… No

Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpb (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpc (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Next adapter: i915 gmbus misc (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpd (i2c-4)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Next adapter: DPDDC-A (i2c-5)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Next adapter: Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter (i2c-6)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Adapter doesn’t support all probing functions.
Some addresses won’t be probed.

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter 1 at 1:00.0 (i2c-7)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `coretemp’:

Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor’ (confidence: 9)

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:
#----cut here----

Chip drivers

coretemp
#----cut here----
If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will
contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones!

Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)

Unloading i2c-dev… OK
Unloading cpuid… OK

And, in the end, I use sudo fancontroland I have this:

Loading configuration from /etc/fancontrol …

Common settings:
INTERVAL=2

Settings for hwmon2/pwm1:
Depends on hwmon2/temp1_input
Controls hwmon2/fan1_input
MINTEMP=50
MAXTEMP=100
MINSTART=60
MINSTOP=30
MINPWM=30
MAXPWM=255

Error: file hwmon2/temp1_input doesn’t exist

At least one referenced file is missing. Either some required kernel
modules haven’t been loaded, or your configuration file is outdated.
In the latter case, you should run pwmconfig again.

I have also updated the BIOS, but nothing has changed…

Please excuse me for the amount of information.
Thank you in advance for any solutions
Best

system · October 31, 2019, 4:09am

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