Nvidia Thermal Settings reset at bootup | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

tawny widget Aug 1, 2025, 1:53 PM

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New to Linux Mint (installed yesterday)

In Nvidia Settings -> Thermal Settings -> Enable GPU Fan Settings, i can control the idle speed of my GPU-Fans which are set to 0 by standart. I've set both to 30 and click "apply".
After rebooting the pc, fanSpeed is set to 0 again.
Now i discovered that i have multiple solutions
1. Writing a bash script for my autostart settings (not comfortable with writing bash scripts)
2. Using the app "green with envy", which looks very outdated (https://github.com/dankamongmen/GreenWithEnvy)
3. Using the app "LACT" (https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT)

Does anyone have experience with this problem or with LACT, i don't want to break my fresh installation.

Nvidia driver: 575.64.03
GPU: rtx 3080 ti
OS: Linux Mint 22.1 x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.0-71-generic

proven zodiac Aug 1, 2025, 7:00 PM

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tawny widget New to Linux Mint (installed yesterday) - In Nvidia Settings -> Thermal Setting...

There are no good solutions, any of these workarounds will probably work to some extent.
One thing you may want to do is switch to kernel 6.14 via Update Manager > View > Linux kernels. Newer kernels tend to have the best, most-patched hardware support.

tawny widget Aug 1, 2025, 7:21 PM

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My Update Manager shows me two kernel versions.

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6.14.0-27 and 6.14.0-24

proven zodiac Aug 1, 2025, 7:26 PM

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You generally just pick the latest from that branch. It will then automatically follow updates on that branch, so your -27 will become -28, -29 and so on every two weeks.

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The same is happening when you stick with 6.8. And you can always boot into older kernels via Grub, the system retains them for a while.

tawny widget Aug 1, 2025, 7:28 PM

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and what do i pick: "queue installation" or "installation" and at which point do i remove the old kernel?

proven zodiac Aug 1, 2025, 7:37 PM

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You can just install right away. Test it a bit, and if everything is fine, stick with it. It keeps older versions around to an extent. If you want to trim that stuff, just occasionally run sudo apt autoremove. No manual removal necessary.
If you generally want to stay on top of orphaned files and keep the drive tidy, sudo apt install bleachbit.
As for the fan settings on the nvidia: The defaults should usually work fine, and the default is to not spin the fans until a temperature threshold is reached. You could just leave it to do its thing.

tawny widget Aug 1, 2025, 7:49 PM

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ok thanks for your time and infos

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to round things up and maybe help other people with the same problem.

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i installed the "lact-0.8.0-0.amd64.ubuntu-2404.deb" driver from github. Until now it runs as it should, i applied "Curve" under "Thermals".

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