Hi Torsten, This is the way the driver is designed to work. 0 is an invalid value for pwm1_enable, and the driver returns EINVAL. As a result, the write() function that bash uses returns the error, and bash reports it. (Did that explanation make sense?) So echo 1 > pwm1_enable and then echo some values > pwm1 Do you get the results you expect? The values which pwm1_enable will accept are: 1 = manual mode 2 = thermal cruise In the future, we will support the following values as well, but right now they return EINVAL: 3 = rpm cruise 4 = smartfan III (thermal cruise) This information can also be found in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/hwmon, which you may find useful. David On 11/18/06, torsten goroll <2crazy4you at gmx.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > strange things are going on: > > "echo 1 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1_enable" does work > > "echo 2 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1_enable" does work > > "echo 0 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1_enable" does not work: "bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument" > > "echo 0>/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1_enable" does not work but doesn write an error message > > if I try to write the 0 with vi: ""pwm1_enable" E667: Fsync failed" > > I'm not that familiar with linux to guess whats going on here. I will try to google a bit today afternoon, but if anybody has an idea I would be thankful. > > Torsten > -- > Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! > Ideal f?r Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer >
