If nothing else works, you might try fancontrol
.
Package name is just "fancontrol". Depends on lm-sensors, which is probably already installed on the laptop. Use pwmconfig
script to configure it. Use sudo pwmconfig
as it needs elevated privileges.
Fancontrol gets and sets settings for fan speed, temperatures at which to start and stop the fans, and so forth.
On my laptop, pwm-config
complains the "There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
Running sensors-detect
results in "Sorry, no sensors were detected."
Running sensors
one temp1 sensor, an ACPI virtual device.
My laptop runs ok, I only mention those errors in case you or others run into the same problems and other answerers have relevant information.