Fan Help Needed please.

I have managed with a bit of help to get the noisy fan to stop, however I think it needs to be in start up script to turn on after reboot...Im sure its easy but I am new to this and could do with some advice in how to get it to work auto on re boot instead of me manually going into terminal to do it via the

/usr/local/bin/acerfand

Many thanks in advance.

 

open up xfce4-autostart-editor (either from terminal, or type into the f2 dialog), hit add, and type that exact path name you just gave as "command". alternatively, use the browse button to find the script you're running. give it some name and save

 

"command" I think I must be going wrong somewhere as not sure what the name is I gave it. I can get into editor ok and add but its not doing the job.
When I manually type in /usr/local/bin/acerfand in terminal, that works ok....Any ideas please ?

 

Ok when you run the acerfand script from terminal successfully, does it need a "sudo", any sort of admin privileges? If simply running

Code:

/usr/local/bin/acerfand 

from a terminal gets the job done, then cut and paste the above code into the field named "command" as i described in the earlier comment.

if you need admin privileges, try cutting and pasting

Code:

sudo /usr/local/bin/acerfand 

Typically, on Linux you shouldn't be adding "sudo" commands to startup scripts, so if you try other distros on your Aspire One, don't do this!!

 

Many thanks for your Help. Much appreciated as I say I am brand new to Linux and a complete Novice.

 

is it working now?

 

/usr/local/bin/acerfand if i type that in terminal then it works, but not on reboot. To turn the fan off, I have to manually put in /usr/local/bin/acerfand in terminal each time i boot up all be it i typed in xfce4-autostart-editor....the command i inserted was /usr/local/bin/acerfand Is this right ???

I must be doing something wrong ?????

 

Ok then, try this

Code:

sudo mousepad /etc/rc.local

then add

Code:

/usr/local/bin/acerfand

to the very bottom of the file. Save, reboot.

 

Fantastic that worked I am really impressed and very grateful for all your help

Now I need to figure out how I can connect my Nokia as a USB Modem. :roll:

 

there's already a howto on that. i suggest searching for "3g modem" and "network manager", or click on my username and look through my posts.