Temp & Fan speed monitoring?

I have a (Intel, Hyperthreading 3.2GHz) box running FC4
(2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp-i686).

Before it used to run XP. Back then I never have experienced problems
with my CPU temp (or got no notice), whenever load was high, fans sped
up and the machine kept working.

Since I run FC4 I have had three "CPU temp above treshold" warnings, and
although the fans audibly run at high(er) speed, twice the pc gave up
and crashed. No interesting things found in /var/log/messages. I am not
sure the fan speed is at its maximum running FC4.

I tried to get some temp and fan speed readings, installed lm_sensors
and ksensors, run the sensors-detect binary, created the conf files but
temp isn't one of the available options to monitor in ksensors (nor fan
speeds, for that matter). Yet the system seems aware as it spews out
warnings and speeds up fans following a sustained load increase.

Can you help me out ? I'd prefer a taskbar graph over the "ugly"
ksensors look, but having the required info is key.

Thanks in advance,
Sh.

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:18:13 +0100, Schraalhans Keukenmeester <schraalhans.keukenmeester@geenmail.com> wrote:


>I have a (Intel, Hyperthreading 3.2GHz) box running FC4
>(2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp-i686).

>Before it used to run XP. Back then I never have experienced problems
>with my CPU temp (or got no notice), whenever load was high, fans sped
>up and the machine kept working.

>Since I run FC4 I have had three "CPU temp above treshold" warnings, and
>although the fans audibly run at high(er) speed, twice the pc gave up
>and crashed. No interesting things found in /var/log/messages. I am not
>sure the fan speed is at its maximum running FC4.

>I tried to get some temp and fan speed readings, installed lm_sensors
>and ksensors, run the sensors-detect binary, created the conf files but
>temp isn't one of the available options to monitor in ksensors (nor fan
>speeds, for that matter). Yet the system seems aware as it spews out
>warnings and speeds up fans following a sustained load increase.

>Can you help me out ? I'd prefer a taskbar graph over the "ugly"
>ksensors look, but having the required info is key.

>Thanks in advance,
>Sh.

gkrellm

AZ Nomad wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:18:13 +0100, Schraalhans Keukenmeester <schraalhans.keukenmeester@geenmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>I have a (Intel, Hyperthreading 3.2GHz) box running FC4
>>(2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp-i686).
>
>
>>Before it used to run XP. Back then I never have experienced problems
>>with my CPU temp (or got no notice), whenever load was high, fans sped
>>up and the machine kept working.
>
>
>>Since I run FC4 I have had three "CPU temp above treshold" warnings, and
>>although the fans audibly run at high(er) speed, twice the pc gave up
>>and crashed. No interesting things found in /var/log/messages. I am not
>>sure the fan speed is at its maximum running FC4.
>
>
>>I tried to get some temp and fan speed readings, installed lm_sensors
>>and ksensors, run the sensors-detect binary, created the conf files but
>>temp isn't one of the available options to monitor in ksensors (nor fan
>>speeds, for that matter). Yet the system seems aware as it spews out
>>warnings and speeds up fans following a sustained load increase.
>
>
>>Can you help me out ? I'd prefer a taskbar graph over the "ugly"
>>ksensors look, but having the required info is key.
>
>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Sh.
>
>
> gkrellm
Thanks! Looks neat. Unfortunately gkrellm also says it has found no
sensors, just like lm_sensors does. Also it refuses to connect to the
hddtemp plugin. The separate tool hddtemp (yum installed it along with
the gkrellm apps) however works normally and reports valid temp values
for all three disks.

I tried a reboot, during which lm_sensors again complained. The gkrellm
daemon does not complain at all, it starts and that's it.

Checked the conf files, man pages, can't find anything sofar.
More tips ? I'm clueless.

Rgds
Sh.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:04:15 +0100, Schraalhans Keukenmeester <schraalhans.keukenmeester@geenmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> gkrellm
>Thanks! Looks neat. Unfortunately gkrellm also says it has found no
>sensors, just like lm_sensors does. Also it refuses to connect to the
>hddtemp plugin. The separate tool hddtemp (yum installed it along with
>the gkrellm apps) however works normally and reports valid temp values
>for all three disks.

gkrellm is just a gui client; lm_sensors does the actually communications
with sensors

have you run sensors-detect?
run it as root and let it write the config files.



>I tried a reboot, during which lm_sensors again complained. The gkrellm
>daemon does not complain at all, it starts and that's it.

>Checked the conf files, man pages, can't find anything sofar.
>More tips ? I'm clueless.

>Rgds
>Sh.

AZ Nomad wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:04:15 +0100, Schraalhans Keukenmeester <schraalhans.keukenmeester@geenmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>gkrellm
>>
>>Thanks! Looks neat. Unfortunately gkrellm also says it has found no
>>sensors, just like lm_sensors does. Also it refuses to connect to the
>>hddtemp plugin. The separate tool hddtemp (yum installed it along with
>>the gkrellm apps) however works normally and reports valid temp values
>>for all three disks.
>
>
> gkrellm is just a gui client; lm_sensors does the actually communications
> with sensors
>
> have you run sensors-detect?
> run it as root and let it write the config files.
>
>
>
>
>>I tried a reboot, during which lm_sensors again complained. The gkrellm
>>daemon does not complain at all, it starts and that's it.
>
>
>>Checked the conf files, man pages, can't find anything sofar.
>>More tips ? I'm clueless.
>
>
>>Rgds
>>Sh.
>
>
>

I did, with no succes.
I think I have found a clue in i2c not being loaded in the kernel.

I am working on a kernel rebuild anyway, so I'll enable the i2c stuff
and see what happens.

Thx.
Sh.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:55:45 +0100, Schraalhans Keukenmeester <schraalhans.keukenmeester@geenmail.com> wrote:


>AZ Nomad wrote:

>> gkrellm is just a gui client; lm_sensors does the actually communications
>> with sensors
>>
>> have you run sensors-detect?
>> run it as root and let it write the config files.
>>
>>
>> ...
>I did, with no succes.
>I think I have found a clue in i2c not being loaded in the kernel.

>I am working on a kernel rebuild anyway, so I'll enable the i2c stuff
>and see what happens.

>Thx.
>Sh.
sensors-detect should load whatever modules you need. Did you get an
error message, or did it simply not detect the sensors?

AZ Nomad wrote:

> gkrellm is just a gui client; lm_sensors does the actually
> communications with sensors

My GKrellM shows CPU temp just fine but lm_sensors isn't installed.
How can that be?

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