Fan control indicator for Ubuntu's Unity desktop.

Provided as-is without support, guarantees or warranty. Use entirely at your own risk. Developed for a Lenovo z570 running Ubuntu 14.10 w/ Unity. May work on other Lenovo Ideapad systems - see the 'Set up' section.

This my first Python project - the best structure and conventions may not be adhered to while I'm still learning!

This script should auto detect the 'fan_mode' file used by your operating system to set the fan speeds. Toggle it on/off by setting autoDetectEnabled in fileWriter to either True or False. If false, it will revert to the path stored in FAN_MODE_FULLPATH.

FAN_MODE_FULLPATH in fileWriter.py may need to be altered to point to the location of your fan_mode file. This can be found by running the following command in a terminal:

find /sys/devices -name "fan_mode"

Copy and paste the file path into the FAN_MODE_FULLPATH variable and then run fanControl.py. Ensure fileWriter.py is in the same location.

• python 2.7 (sudo apt-get install python)
• python-gobject package installed (sudo apt-get install python-gobject)
• gksudo package (sudo apt-get install gksu)
• Desktop environment w/ support for Appindicators (e.g Unity)