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MControlCenter

MControlCenter is a Free and Open Source GNU/Linux application that allows you to change the settings of MSI laptops. Screenshots of MControlCenter

Features

  • CPU and GPU temperature display
  • Fan speed display
  • Switch between modes (Since version 0.2):
    • High Performance
    • Balanced
    • Silent
    • Super Battery
  • Change the maximum battery level limit
  • Advanced Fan Speed Control (Since version 0.4)
  • Change other settings such as keyboard backlight mode, USB Power Share, etc.

TODO

  • Saving multiple fan speed profiles

Tested on

The main device on which the application is being tested: MSI Summit E16 Flip Evo A12MT

List of tested devices

Installation

The application requires the ec_sys module with option write_support=1 to run.

If the ec_sys kernel module is not included in your distribution's kernel, you can use the acpi_ec kernel module.

This is QT application. You may need to install libqt5widgets5 to run.

Installation from the archive

  1. Download MControlCenter-x.x.x.tar.gz from the releases page
  2. Unpack the archive with the program
  3. Open terminal in unpacked directory
  4. Run the script sudo ./install

Installation from the repository

openSUSE Tumbleweed:

zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:dmitry-s/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:dmitry-s.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install mcontrolcenter

openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:dmitry-s/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/home:dmitry-s.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install mcontrolcenter

openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:dmitry-s/15.4/home:dmitry-s.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install mcontrolcenter

Launch MControlCenter on session startup

To restore settings after a reboot, add MControlCenter to startup.

Execute this command on a terminal:

cp /usr/share/applications/mcontrolcenter.desktop ~/.config/autostart/mcontrolcenter.desktop

Localization

You can help translate the MControlCenter app into your native language

  1. Copy /src/i18n/MControlCenter_en.ts to src/i18n/MControlCenter_xx.ts where xx is language code into which the translation is being made.
  2. Open MControlCenter_xx.ts in text editor and change language="en_US" to your language code.
  3. Translate strings into your language directly in a text editor or use the QT Linguist app.
  4. Translate GenericName in app shortcut resources/mcontrolcenter.desktop. To do this, add the line GenericName[xx]=translated generic name.
  5. Send pull request on github.