fancontrol wants a configuration file but there isn't one yet...
by newbiesforever from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6PS82)
I want to experiment with reducing the CPU fan speed, because it's making excessive noise despite being less than a year old. It may be running faster than necessary, because I don't do anything that generates great heat and I've never seen the temperature as reported by the sensors has ever exceeded 100 F (although I'm not always watching). (I also have one case fan running.) I found fancontrol in my repo and downloaded it. I can't get it to run. Apparently it requires a pre-existing configuration file, and didn't make one.
Code:sudo fancontrol
[sudo] password for josh:
Loading configuration from /etc/fancontrol ...
Error: Can't read configuration fileThe reason it can't read the config file in /etc/fancontrol is because no such file exists yet. So, ehh, how am I supposed to get the configuration file--write it myself? How would I know what it has to say to the program? There isn't a default file?
Code:sudo fancontrol
[sudo] password for josh:
Loading configuration from /etc/fancontrol ...
Error: Can't read configuration fileThe reason it can't read the config file in /etc/fancontrol is because no such file exists yet. So, ehh, how am I supposed to get the configuration file--write it myself? How would I know what it has to say to the program? There isn't a default file?