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On Friday 13 Mar 2015 15:49:38 Dale wrote: |
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> Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Friday 13 March 2015 06:27:00 Dale wrote: |
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> >> Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> >>> On Thursday 12 March 2015 19:38:56 Dale wrote: |
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> >>>> I build everything into the kernel and I don't even install |
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> >>>> lm_sensors. I haven't installed that in ages. |
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> >>> Does that mean that your gkrellm can't display temperatures? |
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> >> It's been displaying temps for many years. I posted a list in my |
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> >> reply to Mick. I also can get voltages but don't have it set to show |
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> >> them. I do also monitor temps on the hard drives. That's done |
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> >> through the smart thingy. |
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> > I don't know what led you to list that directory, but now that I look |
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> > into my own setup I see I'm using kernel modules too. I know I used to |
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> > use lm_sensors at one time, but genlop doesn't know about it so I must |
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> > have omitted it when I last reinstalled. |
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> > # ls -l /sys/devices/platform |
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> > total 0 |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 alarmtimer |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 coretemp.0 |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 i8042 |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 pcspkr |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 platform-framebuffer.0 |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 PNP0C0C:00 |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 power |
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> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K Mar 13 11:49 uevent |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Mar 13 11:49 vboxdrv.0 |
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> From my understanding, you can use either the kernel drivers or |
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> lm-sensors. |
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Really? |
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I didn't know this. I have installed both, seemingly without any ill effects. |
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> Many years ago, I sort of got bored installing lm-sensors |
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> and running the setup stuff all the time. I seem to recall, you have to |
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> do it again when you upgrade the kernel too. |
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I didn't know this either. Anyway, gkrellm works happily which is what I |
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primarily use, unless I'm login in remotely in which case I just run 'watch -d |
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sensors' if I want to check what's happening on the MoBo. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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