Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring temperatures

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have another dead power supply and/or another dead motherboard in my
> Gentoo router.  I've tried to make that system as silent as possible
> and I wonder if I'm paying the price.  How do you guys monitor system
> temperatures?  Is lm_sensors the way to go?  How do you keep an eye on
> the temperatures of multiple local and remote systems?

As long as lm_sensors supports your sensor chipset you should have
plenty of options. Check the list of applications on
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/UsefulLinks

I don't do any remote monitoring but I suppose you could use also use
lm_sensors + grep to do your own alert script. The basic 'sensors'
output on my machine looks like this:

abituguru3-isa-00e0
Adapter: ISA adapter
CPU Core:               +1.44 V  (min  +0.00 V, max  +1.65 V)
DDR2:                   +2.10 V  (min  +1.70 V, max  +2.50 V)
DDR2 VTT:               +1.05 V  (min  +0.85 V, max  +1.25 V)
CPU VTT:                +2.42 V  (min  +1.90 V, max  +2.90 V)
NB 1.2V:                +1.47 V  (min  +1.15 V, max  +1.75 V)
SB 1.5V:                +1.59 V  (min  +1.25 V, max  +1.85 V)
HyperTransport:         +1.27 V  (min  +1.00 V, max  +1.50 V)
ATX +12V (24-Pin):     +12.42 V  (min  +9.60 V, max +14.40 V)
ATX +12V (4-pin):      +12.54 V  (min  +9.60 V, max +14.40 V)
ATX +5V:                +5.04 V  (min  +3.99 V, max  +6.00 V)
ATX +3.3V:              +3.38 V  (min  +2.64 V, max  +3.94 V)
ATX 5VSB:               +5.22 V  (min  +3.99 V, max  +6.00 V)
CPU:                      +25°C  (high =   +75°C, crit =   +85°C)
System:                   +35°C  (high =   +55°C, crit =   +65°C)
PWM Phase1:               +56°C  (high =  +125°C, crit =  +135°C)
PWM Phase2:               +56°C  (high =  +125°C, crit =  +135°C)
PWM Phase3:               +56°C  (high =  +125°C, crit =  +135°C)
PWM Phase4:               +54°C  (high =  +125°C, crit =  +135°C)
PWM Phase5:               +52°C  (high =  +125°C, crit =  +135°C)
CPU FAN:               2760 RPM  (min  300 RPM)
SYS FAN:               1500 RPM  (min  300 RPM)
AUX1 FAN:              1380 RPM  (min  300 RPM)
AUX2 FAN:                 0 RPM  (min  300 RPM)
AUX3 FAN:                 0 RPM  (min  300 RPM)