teackot / mcontrolcenter

An application that allows you to change the settings of MSI laptops running Linux

MControlCenter

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

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
• Change other settings such as keyboard backlight mode, USB Power Share, etc.

TODO

• Add the ability to adjust the fan speed

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. Unpack the archive with the program
2. Open terminal in unpacked directory
3. 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.