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I recently needed to add fan control support to a Dell Inspiron on Arch Linux in order to get the fans to idle properly. This is a guide on how I set up the Fan Control.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pacman -Syu
  

• Install yaourt

Install i8kutils¶

• Install i8kutils from the AUR:
  

  yaourt -S i8kutils
  

• Edit the i8kmon config:
  

  sudo nano /etc/i8kutils/i8kmon.conf:
  

  • Enable the fan control option permanently:
    

    set config(auto)       1
    

i8kmon Service¶

• Create the i8kmon.service file:
  

  sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/i8kmon.service
  

  • And add the following:
    

    [Unit]
    Description=i8kmon
    
    [Service]
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/i8kmon -d
    Restart=always
    RestartSec=5
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    

Resources¶

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fan_speed_control#i8kutils
• https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=114316