I recently purchased a set of 3 RGB fans from thermal take. They come with a software called TT RGB plus (https://ttrgbplus.thermaltake.com/). This software does not have a linux version, so I downloaded the exe and tried to run it with wine. This seemed to work at first until I realized that I could not change the color of the fans. Is it possible for me to be able to successfully run this software on Ubuntu?
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How do they connect? Do these have a USB interface? I've seen linux software for Corsair products, I haven't looked for Thermaltake.– rtaftNov 6, 2019 at 13:38
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@rtaft I connected using the hub that came included, it had a USB 2.0 connector that i attached to my motherboard.– Greer PageNov 14, 2019 at 1:15
3 Answers
Checkout this github project, it may work for you.
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Yeah it works great on arch linux (I'm running arch now), I never got it to work on Ubuntu for some reason though... :( Thanks for the help! Oct 22, 2020 at 2:47
Long due, but I found a project (Very awesome one indeed) that addresses multiple types of RGB compatible hardware devices.
This is the PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~thopiekar/+archive/ubuntu/openrgb
Just run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thopiekar/openrgb
then 'sudo apt install openrgb
Lastly run the app openrgb
And the project is:
https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB
Here are some examples:
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This likely does not support the user's fans. I think I have the same ones, TT Riing Trio (TT RGB Plus). OpenRGB does not support them. Jan 21, 2022 at 22:39
i know it`s kind of old and you said you solved your problem. But i wanted to give my remedy for that situation, because it took me a while to solve that :)
My Thermaltake Fans and Light-Stripes are also connected via USB-Connectors direct on the Mainboard.
What i did was configurating a realy small (lite) Windows 10 in Virtualbox. I let this run in the background with the TT RGB Plus Software. With USB-Passthrough and the USB-Filter its working well and i can control the Fans and Lights and so on!
Of course it`s not the nicest way, but i can use Linux now as my First-OS and Windows 10 as Dual-Boot just for games. The Windows 10 Lite is not consuming much of Power.
O hope i could help someone with this. Because this problem was bordering me a lot :)
Greetings.