What's up, guys, gals, and non-binary pals? I switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint back in December 2024, and I catalogued my experiences in these posts:
- Alright you nerds, I made the jump to Linux.
- Alright nerds, I installed Linux Mint on my MacBook Pro
Just wanted to let you nerds know that everything has been running flawlessly. I can play any game I have, and none of my productivity is blocked. Doesn't matter whether it's all my ROMs I archived, my Steam games, GOG games, whatever. Linux plays them, and performance is fantastic. I don't play any anti-cheat games as the only one I do play periodically is Overwatch, and it runs perfect.
I can without a doubt now say that I will never go back to Windows. Should have switched years ago!
Build specs (the full list is in my first post linked above):
- CPU 9800x3d
- GPU RX 7900 XTX
Here are some issues I still can't solve on Linux Mint:
- Can't control my GPU fans
- Can't control my case fans
- Can't bind my case fans to ramp up with GPU load
I've tried CoreCTRL and so many other solutions I read online, and none of them work. Problem for another day! So all I've done for now is increase the count of intake fans I have and set it to a good speed to move plenty of air (but also set my exhaust fans higher to help counter and ensure proper positive pressure airflow. I have too many fans to get the ideal balance of neutral air flow). GPU runs with OEM fan speeds.
Edit: There's a bug in pasting instance agnostic links, so I just added direct URLs to my instance posts.
For case fans, with an msi mobo, I had to install some nct drivers from a githib repo.
So if you can't still control them with CoolerControl, try to lookup for "linux {motherboard name} sensors".
No way dude! I also have a MSI board and I did just that and the first result was to run
modprobe nct6683 force=1and it actually worked. I can now see all the fans in CoolerControl. That was a godsend, I don't know how I didn't come across it earlier. I would give you Lemmy Gold if I could :DI'm on an MSI main board, too. I hadn't heard about fetching nct drivers, so I'll check that out. Almost a year ago when I was setting up this computer, I just installed lm-sensors and CoolerControl, then CoreCTRl, etc. But I'll see if there are other sensors that might be helpful here.
Lm-sensors and CoolerControl need sensors and controllers to be exposed. Nct drivers exposes them thru sysfs.
I had to install NCT6687D for my mobo.