ThinkPad:ArchLinux

Battery

Install TLP and related packages.

# yaourt -S tlp tp_smapi acpi_call # sudo tlp start

TLP status can be shown with the following:

# sudo tlp-stat

Fan Control

Install thinkfan, default configuration is installed into /usr/lib/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.conf.

# yaourt -S acpi lm_sensors thinkfan

Then detect the hardware monitors chips that are available.

# sudo sensors-detect

To show the current thermal and cooling information use acpi.

# sudo acpi -V

To show the current fan speed and level.

# sudo cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan

Make the changes to point it to the right temperature reading, you can use :r !sudo find /sys/devices -type f -name "temp*_input" in order to paste all the monitors into the file.

# sudo vim /etc/thinkfan.conf

When finished it should look something like this:

hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/temp1_input hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/temp2_input hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon2/temp3_input hwmon /sys/devices/virtual/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input tp_fan /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (0, 0, 35) (1, 33, 38) (2, 36, 45) (3, 39, 49) (4, 46, 58) (5, 50, 62) (7, 56, 32767)