rscheckler,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

If you are having issues with the fan on your system you should contact Dell support.

I got my e1505 during Spring Break this year and loaded Edgy on it (it is now on Feisty Fawn). I can confirm that while the fan is not usually on, it came on for me when necessary. The same goes for Windows XP. My temperature readout fluctuates between 48 and 50 C.

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@dasunst3r wrote:
I got my e1505 during Spring Break this year and loaded Edgy on it (it is now on Feisty Fawn). I can confirm that while the fan is not usually on, it came on for me when necessary. The same goes for Windows XP. My temperature readout fluctuates between 48 and 50 C.

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Sounds like your system is working as it should. Fans don't run until cooling is indicated by an internal thermometer.

frank

Here's a quick how to I posted on ubuntu forums. Took me awhile to get it running. Dellfand
Download Dellfand: http://dellfand.dinglisch.net/
Save to Desktop.
Go to: system>administration>synaptic manager
Install g++ (I clicked the Search button and typed it in)
Untar the file (I'm a former windows user so I double click, then extract)
Open a terminal:
$cd ~/Desktop/dellfand-0.7
$chmod a+x dellfand
$sudo make dellfand
$sudo cp dellfand /usr/bin
$sudo cp etc.default.dellfand /usr/bin
$sudo cp etc.init.d.dellfand /usr/bin
$sudo dellfand (This will display current fan status output and temp)
$sudo dellfand 1 10 25 35 43 (My personal settings for dellfan)
OR
$sudo dellfand 0 10 25 35 43 (This will output the status until the terminal is closed)
output from the above command:
Fan 0 Status 2->1 Speed 123960 CPU Temp 37C

Still haven't figured out how to get it to run upon boot.
Good luck everyone!!


Message Edited by Mr_bleu on 06-13-2007 07:04 PM added destination folder for etc.init

Message Edited by Mr_bleu on 06-13-2007 07:08 PM

Dear Mr. Beu:

Just one correction to your otherwise very good HowTo -- users should not install g++ in the manner you suggested. It is better that they install the metapackage called build-essential, this will provide all the basic packages (including g++) needed for compiling from source. Of course, users will still need to deal with package specific build-time dependencies.

I found the how to helpful. Thanks for posting it. However... Between the following lines, there needs to be a 'make'. $cd ~/Desktop/dellfand-0.7 $chmod a+x dellfand The following line doesn't specify a destination $sudo cp etc.init.d.dellfand

Thanks, I originally posted on Ubuntu's site w/ the now correct directions.