In the terminal run:
sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=4
restart your computer and search for NVIDIA X Server Settings in the Dash. There should be an option to change fan speed under Thermal Settings.
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Control GPU/CPU Fan Speed with CoolerControl in Ubuntu 24.04 | UbuntuHandbook
This tutorial shows how to install and use CoolerControl to control your CPU or graphics card fan speed in Ubuntu desktop computer or laptop. I’ve written about how to control fan speed for Thinkpad laptops. But for those who are looking for how to do the job for NVIDIA/AMD GPUs and other ...
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In the terminal run:
sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=4
restart your computer and search for NVIDIA X Server Settings in the Dash. There should be an option to change fan speed under Thermal Settings.
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To control Nvidia GPU fan speed via Terminal on Linux Mint 20 with a 1070 Ti:
sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=4
to tell nvidia-xconfig to allow the fan to be controlled in the command line. You may need to reboot here.
nvidia-smi
Gives information about the GPU(s) and their numbers. Importantly I note that my 1070 Ti is GPU 0.
nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=55"
For a much more detailed overview of this feature including multiple GPU fans, check out this thorough documentation Nvidia Overclocking and Cooling
For a somewhat rambling and wayward thread which lead me to the above link, check out Set Fanspeed in Linux from Terminal
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And as an extra tidbit not asked for in this question, you can also adjust the power output of your Nvidia GPU with:
sudo nvidia-smi -i 0 -pl 90
Where the 0 is my GPU number, and the 90 is the maximum power in watts. If you set this too low, you will get an error. In my limited experience, setting it too high had no effect. I found I can get 95%+ performance for ~75% energy cost by setting the power level to 100 in the above command in my mining rig, but I imagine other power conscious users would appreciate this too.
2080Ti Fan control @ Ubuntu
So my 2080Ti is literally going up from 40% gpu fan when the temperature is 84, to over 90% (which makes a terrible noise) at 85. I want to setup the fan control profile so that the gpu fan will go up a little bit sooner, but as far as I can tell, i need to enable coolbits (although in ... More on forums.developer.nvidia.com
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I’m running Ubuntu server 24.04.4 lts on a custom built pc ASRock B660M-ITX Intel® Core™ i9-12900 ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition 12GB GDDR6 32GB Single DDR4 3200 1 TB WD nvme drive for os I built this computer to be used a plex media server. More on discourse.ubuntu.com
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March 24, 2026How to set fanspeed in Linux from terminal
Hi, New here, and I’m sure I have this post in the wrong thread, as I couldn’t find where it would fit. I’m just trying to find help on how to manually set my fan speed on my Nvidia GPU. the command: nvidia-settings -a “[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1” -a “[fan:0]/GPUCurrentFanSpeed=n” ... More on forums.developer.nvidia.com
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April 8, 2019FAN Control Ubuntu 18.04
Hello, I would like to change the FAN Speed Profile on Ubuntu 18.04. I have not found a working method. I have GTX 1080 TI Founder Edition and current driver is 390.77. When I run nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1' -a '[fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=99' it just returns ERROR: Error ... More on forums.developer.nvidia.com
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NVIDIA Developer Forums
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How to control fan speed on ubuntu 23.04 server without screen? - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums
September 26, 2023 - hi, how to control fan speed on ubuntu 23.04 server without screen, and multiple gpus ? I got this error : ERROR: The control display is undefined; please run nvidia-settings --help for usage information. thank you …
NVIDIA Developer Forums
forums.developer.nvidia.com › graphics / linux › linux
2080Ti Fan control @ Ubuntu - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums
March 3, 2021 - So my 2080Ti is literally going up from 40% gpu fan when the temperature is 84, to over 90% (which makes a terrible noise) at 85. I want to setup the fan control profile so that the gpu fan will go up a little bit sooner, but as far as I can tell, i need to enable coolbits (although in nvidia-settings it literally says “You should never have to enable this.”) and even then, nvidia-settings doesn’t have a thermal profile but literally a slider with a constant gpu fan (which is not a function of ...
Ubuntu Community Hub
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Modifying/controlling gpu fans - Support and Help - Ubuntu Community Hub
March 24, 2026 - I’m running Ubuntu server 24.04.4 lts on a custom built pc ASRock B660M-ITX Intel® Core™ i9-12900 ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition 12GB GDDR6 32GB Single DDR4 3200 1 TB WD nvme drive for os I built t…
Bailiwick
bailiwick.io › 2019 › 09 › 21 › controlling-nvidia-gpu-fans-on-a-headless-ubuntu-system
Controlling NVIDIA GPU Fans on a headless Ubuntu system
December 18, 2025 - $ sudo DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/run/user/124/gdm/Xauthority nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1 Attribute 'GPUFanControlState' (server:0[gpu:0]) assigned value 1. $ sudo DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/run/user/124/gdm/Xauthority nvidia-settings -a [gpu:1]/GPUFanControlState=1 Attribute 'GPUFanControlState' (server:0[gpu:1]) assigned value 1. $ sudo DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/run/user/124/gdm/Xauthority nvidia-settings -a [fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=25 Attribute 'GPUTargetFanSpeed' (server:0[fan:0]) assigned value 25.
GitHub
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GitHub - foucault/nvfancontrol: NVidia dynamic fan control for Linux and Windows · GitHub
NVidia dynamic fan control for Linux and Windows. Contribute to foucault/nvfancontrol development by creating an account on GitHub.
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github.com › andyljones › coolgpus
GitHub - andyljones/coolgpus: GPU fan control for headless Linux · GitHub
You hit Ctrl+C twice and now your fans are stuck at a certain speed: run the script again and interrupt it once, then let it shut down gracefully. Double interrupts stop it from handing control back to the driver.
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NVIDIA Developer Forums
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How to set fanspeed in Linux from terminal - CUDA Programming and Performance - NVIDIA Developer Forums
April 8, 2019 - I’m just trying to find help on how to manually set my fan speed on my Nvidia GPU. the command: nvidia-settings -a “[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1” -a “[fan:0]/GPUCurrentFanSpeed=n” ...
GitHub
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A script to control Nvidia GPU fan speed on ubuntu desktop · GitHub
A script to control Nvidia GPU fan speed on ubuntu desktop - cool_gpu.sh
Techticity
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How to control Nvidia graphics card Fan Speed Automatically in Linux – Techticity
September 19, 2018 - There is a great tool to do that automatically by starting an X server for each gpu: https://github.com/andyljones/coolgpus · Apparently nvidia unlike amd doesn’t provide hwmon in sysfs in order to control the fans. There is a free tool ‘Green With Envy’ for nvidia cards. Using this software you can easy set up a custom fan curve. Yes, also painless over/down clocking and startup. Will be updating the article some time. the script do not execute at startup on ubuntu 20.04
NVIDIA Developer Forums
forums.developer.nvidia.com › graphics / linux › linux
FAN Control Ubuntu 18.04 - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums
August 27, 2018 - Hello, I would like to change the FAN Speed Profile on Ubuntu 18.04. I have not found a working method. I have GTX 1080 TI Founder Edition and current driver is 390.77. When I run nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1' -a '[fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=99' it just returns ERROR: Error ...
Reddit
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r/Ubuntu on Reddit: Ubuntu 21.10 nvidia rtx 3060 fan control
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What's the easiest way to get fan control under a buntu I am running the proprietary driver and everything I have tried the fans do not respond to manual adjustment
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I've spent a good portion of yesterday trying to figure out the same thing. Here's what ended up working in the end: Start editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf - Find your GPU, and add an Option called Coolbits, with value 5 - like this Also edit /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config (create it if it doesn't exist for some reason) - And add the following lines like this allowed_users=anybody needs_root_rights=yes Reboot your system. After this I was able to adjust the fan speed in X-server, but ultimately started using GreenWithEnvy, because you can create your own custom profiles.
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I would switch it to xorg but for some reason vnc server doesn't work in xorg on Ubuntu amd I use it all the time.
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Ubuntu 20.04 Nvidia GPU Control (FAN, Clock Rate) through ssh terminal | by U2 PIA | Medium
February 9, 2021 - $ sudo DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/run/user/125/gdm/Xauthority nvidia-settings --assign [gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=0 --assign [gpu:0]/GPUGraphicsClockOffsetAllPerformanceLevels=100 --assign [gpu:0]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffsetAllPerformanceLevels=750 · This command changes core clock +100, memory clock +750 and fan control.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/linuxquestions › how do i change fan curve on linux?
r/linuxquestions on Reddit: How do I change fan curve on Linux?
May 9, 2022 -
I need to change my nvidia GPU fan curve but MSI afterburner apparently does not work on Linux. What do I do? Is there any alt apps?
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If using proprietary driver, within the Nvidia settings you should be able to control the fan speed
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GreenWithEnvy lets you do exactly that. This pretty much is the "Afterburner" for Linux with Nvidia cards (AMD has other tools for that). You can also overclock with it, but you can do that with the "default" Nvidia X server settings app too.
Linux Hint
linuxhint.com › display-change-fan-speed-ubuntu
How To Display and Change Fan Speed in Ubuntu – Linux Hint
Execute the following command in the terminal to install GKrellM in Ubuntu: ... First, right-click on your username and then click on Configuration to configure the tool. Now, click on the sensors. Here, you can configure the fan speed and control according to your system requirements:
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I wanted to lock fans at 80% but in a slightly different manner. I've changed nothing in /sys/class/drm/. Just
readlink -f /sys/class/drm/card1/device
, where card1 is my amd videocard.
Thus I know the path to the file I want to change.
And after that:
sudo sh -c "echo '1' > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:06:00.0/hwmon/hwmon1/pwm1_enable"
sudo sh -c "echo '200' > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:06:00.0/hwmon/hwmon1/pwm1"
Works! Ubuntu kernel 5.4
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In case anyone is interested the solution I made and the corresponding systemd service is here: redfan https://github.com/nmtitov/redfan
So far my best guess is to write the following script and keep it always running in the background:
while sleep 1; do echo 0 > /sys/class/drm/card1/device/hwmon/hwmon1/pwm1_enable; done
Every second I "disable" pwm and make fans running at max speed. The driver (or something else) restores the value, but the next second I immediately disable it again.
Super User
superuser.com › questions › 1685945 › ubuntu-20-04-setting-fan-speeds-according-to-gpu-temp
graphics card - (Ubuntu 20.04) Setting Fan Speeds according to GPU Temp - Super User
I would therefore have to connect the fan PST header to pins 1,3,4 and 2 or 6. The layout of the cable prevents me from using pin 2, so I am forced to use pin 6, which seems to be faulty because nvidia-smi reports fan speeds of 0% although the fans are spinning. Although I would prefer this option as the GPU will do all the PWM handling, I cannot pinpoint the issue and fix the incorrect fan speeds.
Ideanist
ideanist.com › 2017 › 07 › 29 › control-nvidia-fan-speed-linux-ubuntu-16
Control NVIDIA GPU Fan Speed on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 – ideanist.com
In case of a desktop install I suppose you just need to set cool-bits in xorg.conf, and use commands export DISPLAY=:1 and sudo nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1 -a [fan-0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=100. I guess you would comment out the sudo systemctl commands from the script.