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by Abundnce10
28 Mar 2012, 18:05
Forum: Linux On My Samsung
Topic: Samsung Series 7 Laptop Fan Constantly Running
Replies: 6
Views: 15766

Re: Samsung Series 7 Laptop Fan Constantly Running

Lastly, I attempted to install samsung-laptop. This did bring up a pop-up box when I hit the CPU fan button but even running it on 'Silent' the fan still ran constantly. Do you think this has anything to do with the fact that I'm running an i7?
by Abundnce10
28 Mar 2012, 17:44
Forum: Linux On My Samsung
Topic: Samsung Series 7 Laptop Fan Constantly Running
Replies: 6
Views: 15766

Re: Samsung Series 7 Laptop Fan Constantly Running

I ran these commands: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:voria/ppa $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade $ sudo apt-get install samsung-tools $ sudo reboot And when my computer restarted I was able to control the wifi and CPU fan devices using the corresponding FN keys. Although the wifi key ...
by Abundnce10
28 Mar 2012, 04:35
Forum: Linux On My Samsung
Topic: Samsung Series 7 Laptop Fan Constantly Running
Replies: 6
Views: 15766

Samsung Series 7 Laptop Fan Constantly Running

Hi, I'm a Linux newbie - been at it for a couple weeks now, and I love it! However, I just purchased a new laptop with the intention of dual-booting it but the fan constantly runs when I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm not sure I can withstand the constant high-pitched noise. So, I've done some ...