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Alienware Fan Control Script for Ubuntu
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AW_fan_control.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Script to turn on fans, tested only for dell alienware 15 laptop
# Works on Ubuntu 18.04, causes issues with other drivers on earlier verisons
# Requires i8kutils, lm_sensors and fancontrol packages
sudo modprobe dell-smm-hwmon force=1
sudo pwmconfig
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ghost commented May 9, 2020

hello is there support for arch Linux and dose it work on the Alienware m15 r2

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I haven't tried it on arch so I am not so sure, but if you can the packages and the drivers it may work good luck :)

@ForesterSOF
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I did the two commands and then the questions on my Alienware m17R4 from 2012 and it worked fine.

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Thanks! Works as well at Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5, ubuntu 21.10, 5.15.1-051501-generic

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Thanks, it works as well on my Alienware m15-Ryzen-Edition-R5 with Ubuntu20.04, 5-13.0-30-generic

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