thisaone Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hello, I have read a few posts and it seems that installing outside packages seems to be a bad idea. I have Nerdpack installed and it works great for the packages it has. I have an older Supermicro X8 motherboard. I have the fans set at optimal in the bios and it is okay, but I am attempting to get more control over the fans. The Dynamix system autofan in CA does not work, in fact the Dynamix system temp does not work either. I found a python script that goes a little deeper into the fan controller chip and looks like it will give me more control. It requires a couple of other packages though. specifically python-smbus and i2c-dev. I have not found prebuilt packages for those, but if I were to figure out how to build them for slackware do the experts think either one may cause problems? The page about the script is here: http://www.patrikdufresne.com/en/supermicro-x8-fan-control/ Thanks in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment
unsainted Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) I too, have a couple X8 SuperMicro boards and would love a fan control solution. Edited June 27, 2018 by unsainted Quote Link to comment
FlorinB Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Have you already tried the IPMI plugin? I am running unRaid on a SuperMicro motherboard and the IPMI plugin is working great. Quote Link to comment
thisaone Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Thank you for mentioning that plug in. I hadn't found it. I will look into it and maybe try it, but it does say fan control is only for X10/X11 motherboards. Mine is older. I know SM implemented more controls into later boards so I may not get the control I am looking for unless I upgrade, which isn't in the near future. Quote Link to comment
itfcjim Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Resurrecting this thread as I have a Supermicro X8DTE-F and I'm struggling to get fan control to work I also came across the same script and also hit a stumbling block when trying to find python-smbus. Did you have any joy with it in the end? 🙂 Quote Link to comment
MIRV Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) I've been working on this as well to no avail .. I can't get past the 'as' error cc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory Scratch that. I got the python smbus package compiled now.. hoping that will work with that script .. testing and will update Edited October 12, 2019 by MIRV Quote Link to comment
MIRV Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I got the script working but it does not work with the adg chip on my X8DTF-6 Quote Link to comment
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