GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings

legluondunet · 03-05-12, 04:54 AM

Hello,

since Ubuntu "Precise Pangolin" upgrade, my GeForce 8800 GT fan is always at 100%, it's very noisy!!!

On Ubuntu "Oneiric" I put this lines in xorg.conf:

Option "Coolbits" "4"

to enable thermal settings and control the fan.
It works great until I upgraded to 12.04:

at Xorg start, fan is at maximum speed. If I go to nvidia sttings to change the fan speed, my change are not kept when I click on "Apply":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuU1QNgUt6E

If I try to change the fan speed in command line:

# nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1

Attribute 'GPUFanControlState' (tipingouin-home:0[gpu:0]) assigned value 1.

# nvidia-settings -a [fan:0]/GPUCurrentFanSpeed=40

Attribute 'GPUCurrentFanSpeed' (tipingouin-home:0[fan:0]) assigned value 40.

nothing happened.

Thanks for your help.

LGDN.

legluondunet · 03-05-12, 02:02 PM

I finally installed manually 275.43 nvidia driver and fan control works again. If you would like to try this soluce, don't forget to desactivate all the nvidia driver in jockey-gtk and uninstall all nvidia packages:

$apt-get remove --purge nvidia*

legluondunet · 03-05-12, 06:29 PM

i could change fan speed with nvidia driver v 290.10 too

legluondunet · 03-06-12, 12:39 AM

I manually installed the 295.20 drivers from nvidia official site, the same bug: fan always at 100% at xorg start and I can not control it. So this bug is related to nvidia 295.20 drivers version, not ubuntu packagers. So I stay with anterior version.

garfileo · 03-06-12, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by legluondunet

I manually installed the 295.20 drivers from nvidia official site, the same bug: fan always at 100% at xorg start and I can not control it. So this bug is related to nvidia 295.20 drivers version, not ubuntu packagers. So I stay with anterior version.

I have also the same problem. My environment: Quadro FX 3700, kernel 3.2.9 x86_64, xorg-server 1.11.4.

sandipt · 03-06-12, 05:42 AM

Just try with GeForce 8800 GT, Quadro 4000, FX 5600 and some other GPUs able to change fan speed with 295.20 driver. Please attach logs by nvidia-bug-report.sh script as root .

legluondunet · 03-06-12, 11:09 AM

I reinstalled manually nvidia driver 295.20, I uploaded it on official nvidia web site.
My fan speed is 100% and modifying speed is not applied (read my first post).
I attached the bugreport.

garfileo · 03-07-12, 12:23 AM

attached my log file.

legluondunet · 03-23-12, 08:47 PM

the bugs of the "100% fan speed at xorg start" and "can no more control nvidia fan speed in nvidia-settings" are still present in the last nvidia driver 295.33, i just tested it.

legluondunet · 04-03-12, 02:56 PM

up, it's a very annoying bug, please help!

garfileo · 04-04-12, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by legluondunet

up, it's a very annoying bug, please help!

In fact not only fan always at 100% but also my gnome-shell often hangs up at regular intervals. I had to switch to nouveau.

legluondunet · 04-17-12, 01:06 AM

this bug is still present in the 295.40 version...

03-05-12, 04:54 AM	#1
legluondunet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 28	302.17 - GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings Hello, since Ubuntu "Precise Pangolin" upgrade, my GeForce 8800 GT fan is always at 100%, it's very noisy!!! On Ubuntu "Oneiric" I put this lines in xorg.conf: Option "Coolbits" "4" to enable thermal settings and control the fan. It works great until I upgraded to 12.04: at Xorg start, fan is at maximum speed. If I go to nvidia sttings to change the fan speed, my change are not kept when I click on "Apply": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuU1QNgUt6E If I try to change the fan speed in command line: # nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1 Attribute 'GPUFanControlState' (tipingouin-home:0[gpu:0]) assigned value 1. # nvidia-settings -a [fan:0]/GPUCurrentFanSpeed=40 Attribute 'GPUCurrentFanSpeed' (tipingouin-home:0[fan:0]) assigned value 40. nothing happened. Thanks for your help. LGDN. __________________ LGDN. config: Ubuntu nVidia Geforce 8800 GT resolution 1650x1080 Last edited by legluondunet; 06-23-12 at 07:49 AM. Reason: new version driver tested

03-05-12, 02:02 PM	#2
legluondunet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 28	Re: GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings I finally installed manually 275.43 nvidia driver and fan control works again. If you would like to try this soluce, don't forget to desactivate all the nvidia driver in jockey-gtk and uninstall all nvidia packages: $apt-get remove --purge nvidia* __________________ LGDN. config: Ubuntu nVidia Geforce 8800 GT resolution 1650x1080

03-05-12, 06:29 PM	#3
legluondunet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 28	Re: GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings i could change fan speed with nvidia driver v 290.10 too __________________ LGDN. config: Ubuntu nVidia Geforce 8800 GT resolution 1650x1080

03-06-12, 12:39 AM	#4
legluondunet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 28	Re: GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings I manually installed the 295.20 drivers from nvidia official site, the same bug: fan always at 100% at xorg start and I can not control it. So this bug is related to nvidia 295.20 drivers version, not ubuntu packagers. So I stay with anterior version. __________________ LGDN. config: Ubuntu nVidia Geforce 8800 GT resolution 1650x1080

03-06-12, 05:42 AM	#6
sandipt NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 259	Re: GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings Just try with GeForce 8800 GT, Quadro 4000, FX 5600 and some other GPUs able to change fan speed with 295.20 driver. Please attach logs by nvidia-bug-report.sh script as root .

03-23-12, 08:47 PM	#9
legluondunet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 28	Re: GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings the bugs of the "100% fan speed at xorg start" and "can no more control nvidia fan speed in nvidia-settings" are still present in the last nvidia driver 295.33, i just tested it. __________________ LGDN. config: Ubuntu nVidia Geforce 8800 GT resolution 1650x1080

04-03-12, 02:56 PM	#10
legluondunet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 28	Re: GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings up, it's a very annoying bug, please help! __________________ LGDN. config: Ubuntu nVidia Geforce 8800 GT resolution 1650x1080

04-17-12, 01:06 AM	#12
legluondunet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 28	Re: GPU fan always at 100%, can not change the thermal settings this bug is still present in the 295.40 version... __________________ LGDN. config: Ubuntu nVidia Geforce 8800 GT resolution 1650x1080