Fan Control Extension for Framework Laptop

Gnome Shell extension to manage fw-fanctrl - Framework Laptop Fan Control

Requisites

You need to have fw-fanctrl installed.

Manual Installation

If you want to install this extension manually:

1. Create a folder named fw-fanctrl in:

~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

It should look like this:

~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/fw-fanctrl/

2. Now copy the content of src/ into the folder.
3. Restart your gnome-shell session and you should see the icon on the taskbar.

Policy Kit

Given how ectool works, we need sudo permissions to gather fan speed.

In order to see the fan speed, you will need to grant admin permissions to the extension to use ectool.

Copy the file in actions/org.gnome.shell.extensions.fw-fanctrl.policy into /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/.

Note: This extension is not affiliated, funded, or in any way associated with Framework Computer.