Clevo Fan Control on Linux

A service for controlling the fans on Clevo laptops. Fan speed can be set manually to a specific fan duty percentage value or to automatic mode which provides a "silent" profile to override the machine's default fan curve.

Dependencies

The following dependencies must be installed on the machine using the package manager available for your Linux distribution.

• GCC
• CMake
• AppIndicator3
• GTK+3

Build and Install

To install the service, run the following from a directory where you are comfortable having temporary build files generated.

By default the service will be installed to /usr/local/bin and the .desktop file for autostart to ~/.config/autostart.

cmake -DUSER=<user> -DGROUP=<user group> -DHOME=<home directory path> <path/to/clevo-fan-control>
cmake --build .
sudo cmake --install .

Uninstalling

Use the install_manifest.txt generated when installing to remove the files.

sudo xargs rm < install_manifest.txt

Usage

Automatic mode

/usr/local/bin/clevo-fan-control

Manually setting a fan duty percentage

/usr/local/bin/clevo-fan-control <0-100>

TODO

• Provide necessary files or instructions for autostarting
• Update notification with CPU temp and Fan duty
• Add additional .desktop file for normal access
• Add icon for .desktop file and update tray icon
• Convert to or also support KStatusNotifierItem (KSNI)
• Port from C to C++
• Provide multiple fan profiles
• Support custom fan curves via an input file
• Implement use of Meson, Bazel or possible other build/dependency management system
• Build AppImage for cross-distribution support

Credits and Acknowledgements

This project is based on Clevo Fan Control Indicator for Ubuntu.

The fan profiles are based off the ones provided with the Tuxedo Control Center .