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Screenlets are small applications to represent things such as sticky notes, clocks, calendars around on your desktop. You can launch a pre-installed screenlet from Screenlet Manager, or install a new one into the Manager for launching it. Here are the steps for installing and launching a screenlet, for example, WaterMark System Information.

1. Install Screenlets Manager if it has not been added.
   1. Go to Applications (or Main Menu) > Ubuntu Software Center.
   2. Enter screenlets in the Search Box.
   3. Select Screenlets, click the “Install” button.
2. Download the screenlet “WaterMark System Information” to a folder.
3. Go to Applications (or Main Menu) > Accessories > Screenlets.
4. Click Install, select Install Screenlet and click OK.
5. Browse to the folder, select the file downloaded and click “Open” to install the screenlet into the Screenlets Manager.
6. Select the screenlet “WaterMark” and click “Launch/Add”. (Tips: you can add more than one WaterMark screenlet and set it to display other system information.)

1. Type gksu nautilus in Terminal and allow your group read/write access to /etc/X11 (or use the chmod commands if you prefer the terminal.
2. Type nvidia-settings into the terminal and in the NVIDIA X Server Settings window that pops up, click on nvidia-settings Configuration and then click “Save Current Configuration” and then exit the applicationThis will create ~/.nvidia-settings-rc for you. (not 100% sure this is needed)
3. Type nvidia-xconfig into the terminal. This will create an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file that does not, by default, get created in 12.04 Precise.
4. Type nvidia-xconfig — cool-bits=4 into the terminal and this will add the proper settings in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and back the previously created one up.
5. Reboot your machine and open nvidia-settings up with the Terminal or your dash and under your GPU heading/Thermal Settings list, you can now change fan speed.
6. I yanked mine up to 100% from 20% and my temperatures went from 47C to 35C.

Remember to change the permissions on the /etc/X11 directory back so accidents don’t happen.
Made a BASH script named FanController.sh with:
Code:

and added it to Startup Applications