# Thinkpad These are a bunch of useful programs if you own a thinkpad. | program | description | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------ | | lm_sensors | utility for hardware monitoring and SMBus access | | thinkfan | utility to control fanspeeds | ## installation After installing both lm_sensors and thinkfan activate thinkpad_acpi. ```sudo modprobe thinkpad_acpi``` Then copy and configure the config file. ```sudo cp /usr/share/doc/thinkfan/examples/thinkfan.conf.simple /etc/thinkfan.conf``` Enable it. ```systemctl enable thinkfan``` After that check and if correct enable the thinkfan service. ```sudo thinkfan -n``` ```systemctl enable thinkfan.service```