This is what's happening:I decide to set up my laptop sensors for watching my processor temperature, and I then use pwmconfig to get my fan cooling my processor right. It all works out, but here's the catch: When I close my laptop lid and in turn suspend it, the temperature of my cpu is locked at 26 degrees celsius, and my fan's RPM is stuck at 0, and will randomly flicker to the speed it should go for 26 C. I have no choice but to stop the fancontrol daemon and let my fan be full speed all the time. This doesn't affect my battery much, but I'm more worried about the lifetime of the fan. Any help would be much appreciated.Info:I'm running Linux Mint Sarah with the 4.4.0-28-generic kernel.the sensor I'm using is called dell_ssm-virtual-0 using the CPU temperature, and none of the ambient.I am using a Dell Inspiron 11 3147.lspci results:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2280 (rev 21)00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b1 (rev 21)00:0b.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 22dc (rev 21)00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 22a3 (rev 21)00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b5 (rev 21)00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Device 2298 (rev 21)00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 2284 (rev 21)00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22c8 (rev 21)00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 229c (rev 21)00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 2292 (rev 21)01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 (rev 79)lsmod results:Module                  Size  Used byrfcomm                 69632  2drbg                   32768  1ansi_cprng             16384  0ctr                    16384  2ccm                    20480  2bnep                   20480  2hid_rmi                24576  0dell_wmi               16384  0sparse_keymap          16384  1 dell_wmisnd_hda_codec_hdmi     53248  1dell_led               16384  1dell_laptop            20480  0intel_rapl             20480  0binfmt_misc            20480  1snd_hda_codec_realtek    86016  1intel_powerclamp       16384  0snd_hda_codec_generic    77824  1 snd_hda_codec_realtekkvm_intel             172032  0dcdbas                 16384  1 dell_laptopkvm                   536576  1 kvm_intelsnd_hda_intel          36864  3dell_smm_hwmon         16384  0arc4                   16384  2irqbypass              16384  1 kvmhid_sensor_incl_3d     16384  0hid_sensor_rotation    16384  0snd_hda_codec         135168  4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_inteluvcvideo               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hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_gyro_3d,industrialio_triggered_buffer,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_rotation,hid_sensor_als,kfifo_buf,hid_sensor_magn_3dsnd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codecvideobuf2_memops       16384  1 videobuf2_vmallocmac80211              737280  1 iwlmvmvideobuf2_v4l2         28672  1 uvcvideohid_sensor_iio_common    16384  7 hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_rotation,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_magn_3dsnd_pcm               106496  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_corebtintel                16384  1 btusbaesni_intel           167936  4snd_seq_midi           16384  0videobuf2_core         36864  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2bluetooth             520192  29 bnep,btbcm,btrtl,btusb,rfcomm,btintelsnd_seq_midi_event     16384  1 snd_seq_midiaes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intelv4l2_common            16384  1 videobuf2_v4l2lrw                    16384  1 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1 sndlpc_ich                24576  0mei_txe                20480  0mei                    98304  1 mei_txeprocessor_thermal_device    16384  0intel_soc_dts_iosf     16384  1 processor_thermal_devicei2c_designware_platform    16384  0i2c_designware_core    20480  1 i2c_designware_platformint3400_thermal        16384  0int3403_thermal        16384  0tpm_crb                16384  0acpi_thermal_rel       16384  1 int3400_thermaldell_rbtn              16384  0int340x_thermal_zone    16384  2 processor_thermal_device,int3403_thermalmac_hid                16384  0soc_button_array       16384  0acpi_pad               20480  0coretemp               16384  0parport_pc             32768  0ppdev                  20480  0lp                     20480  0parport                49152  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pcautofs4                40960  2btrfs                 987136  0xor                    24576  1 btrfsraid6_pq              102400  1 btrfshid_sensor_custom      20480  0hid_sensor_hub         20480  9 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i2c_hid,hid_multitouch,hid_sensor_hub,hid_rmi,usbhidfjes                   28672  0sdhci                  45056  1 sdhci_acpipinctrl_cherryview     32768  1
Problems with laptop cooling fan
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