On Friday 13 Mar 2015 15:49:38 Dale wrote:
> Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Friday 13 March 2015 06:27:00 Dale wrote:
> >> Peter Humphrey wrote:
> >>> On Thursday 12 March 2015 19:38:56 Dale wrote:
> >>>> I build everything into the kernel and I don't even install
> >>>> lm_sensors. I haven't installed that in ages.
> >>> 
> >>> Does that mean that your gkrellm can't display temperatures?
> >> 
> >> It's been displaying temps for many years.  I posted a list in my
> >> reply to Mick.  I also can get voltages but don't have it set to show
> >> them.  I do also monitor temps on the hard drives.  That's done
> >> through the smart thingy.
> > 
> > I don't know what led you to list that directory, but now that I look
> > into my own setup I see I'm using kernel modules too. I know I used to
> > use lm_sensors at one time, but genlop doesn't know about it so I must
> > have omitted it when I last reinstalled.
> > 
> > # ls -l /sys/devices/platform
> > total 0
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 alarmtimer
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 coretemp.0
> > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 i8042
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 pcspkr
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 platform-framebuffer.0
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 PNP0C0C:00
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 power
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K Mar 13 11:49 uevent
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Mar 13 11:49 vboxdrv.0
> 
> From my understanding, you can use either the kernel drivers or
> lm-sensors.  

Really?

I didn't know this.  I have installed both, seemingly without any ill effects.


> Many years ago, I sort of got bored installing lm-sensors
> and running the setup stuff all the time.  I seem to recall, you have to
> do it again when you upgrade the kernel too.  

I didn't know this either.  Anyway, gkrellm works happily which is what I 
primarily use, unless I'm login in remotely in which case I just run 'watch -d 
sensors' if I want to check what's happening on the MoBo.

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Regards,
Mick