ectool removed

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Daniel Law

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Nov 4, 2016, 10:24:26 PM11/4/16
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Hello, I own a Chromebook Pixel (2015) and it has some cracking noises when the device is heading up. In the past I used to use the command "sudo ectool fanduty 50" to set the fan speed to 50% of the maximum speed to lower the device temperature during high CPU activity or when the device is charging. However, recently, the Chrome OS team removed the ectool utility in the way that I can no longer use the mentioned terminal command. Therefore, is there another way I can set the fan speed manually? Thanks.

Julius Werner

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Nov 5, 2016, 2:09:50 AM11/5/16
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ectool does no longer get deployed to base images, but the package
itself still exists. If you are in developer mode, you can get it back
by running 'dev_install' and then 'emerge ec-utils'.
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Brian Norris

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Nov 7, 2016, 9:16:49 PM11/7/16
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That'd be true, if dev_install actually worked. I think it's currently broken due to at least this bug:


But changes are on their way in (if the CQ will ever work right). Also there are workarounds listed on the bug, if you have problems.

Laine Gholson

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Nov 8, 2016, 7:00:45 PM11/8/16
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you don't need the broken vritual/target-os-dev to emerge ec-utils
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