-Psensor Frequently Asked Questions
-==================================
+= Psensor Frequently Asked Questions
+:docinfo2:
The last version of this FAQ is available at http://wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=psensor.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/faq.html;hb=HEAD.
No sensors or only cpu usage is displayed
-----------------------------------------
-Psensor is relying on few libraries or softwares for retrieving the information about the computer:
+Psensor is relying on few libraries or softwares for retrieving the
+information about the computer:
- motherboard and CPUs sensors: the information is retrieved
from the lm-sensors library, it requires that
note: it requires that you are using a Psensor
binary compiled with the ATI support.
- - HDDs: it uses the hddtemp daemon. Verify that it is
- correctly reporting temperature by using the command: +sudo
- hddtemp /dev/sda+. If hddtemp does not support your disk,
- you may want to try using the libatasmart support instead
- (option +--use-libatasmart+).
+For hard disk drives, psensor can use:
+
+ - udisks2: added since 1.1.2 release. It is the default and
+ recommended provider.
+
+ - hddtemp: verify that it is correctly reporting temperature by
+ using the command: +sudo hddtemp /dev/sda+. It is the default
+ provider until 1.1.2 release.
+
+ - atasmart library: before the 1.1.2 release it can be enabled
+ by using the command line option +--use-libatasmart+.
If the underlying software is reporting sensors which are not
displayed by Psensor, it is probably a bug in Psensor, so please
and you should contact the corresponding development team or refer to
its documentation.
+Since the release 1.1.2, the providers can be enabled or disabled directly
+from the user interface (+Preferences>Provider+).
+
[[S_ATIMonitoring]]
How to monitor an ATI card using the Catalyst driver?
-----------------------------------------------------
If you don’t want to use the launchpad, you can send the report by
email to:
- - psensor-users@googlegroups.com (require registration at:
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups&hl=en#!forum/psensor-users)
+ - psensor-users@googlegroups.com
- or jeanfi@gmail.com.
If the bug is concerning Debian or Ubuntu derivatives distribution,
Check the FAQ or the TODO pages.
If you don’t find the information, you can send an email to the public
-mailing-list psensor-users@googlegroups.com (require registration at:
-https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups&hl=en#!forum/psensor-users)
-or send an email directly to me: jeanfi@gmail.com.
+mailing-list psensor-users@googlegroups.com or directly to me:
+jeanfi@gmail.com.
[[S_Contribute]]
Anyway, as I received several requests about such feature, since the
0.7.0.4 release it is implemented in both psensor ( menu preferences >
sensors > enable log of measures) and psensor-server
-(+--sensor-log-file+ option).
+(+--sensor-log-file+ option). For psensor the log file is
++$HOME/.psensor/sensors.log+.
[[S_NO_GRAPH_DISPLAYED]]
specification].
[[S_disk]]
-How to monitor the temperature of a disk?
------------------------------------------
+How to monitor the temperature of a disk with +hddtemp+?
+--------------------------------------------------------
-By default, Psensor is using +hddtemp+ to retrieve the temperature of
-the disks.
+Until the release 1.1.2, Psensor is using +hddtemp+ by default to
+retrieve the temperature of the disks.
If +hddtemp+ is installed but no disk temperature is reported, check
that the daemon is running by using for example the command +ps
root 1433 1 0 May28 ? 00:00:21 /usr/sbin/hddtemp -d -l 127.0.0.1 -p 7634 -s | /dev/sdb
---------------------
-Since recent Ubuntu releases, installing the +hddtemp+ package is not
-enough, it is required to manually allow the +hddtemp+ daemon. Edit the
-file +/etc/default/hddtemp+ and set +RUN_DAEMON+ to +"true"+.
+Depending on the Linux distribution, the installation of the +hddtemp+
+package does not enable the hddtemp daemon automaticaly.
+
+In this case, edit the file +/etc/default/hddtemp+ and set
++RUN_DAEMON+ to +"true"+. After edition, it should contain the
+following line:
------------------
-# hddtemp network daemon switch. If set to true, hddtemp will listen
-# for incoming connections.
RUN_DAEMON="true"
------------------
+For Debian/Ubuntu, you can use at root:
+------------------
+dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp
+------------------
+
+and reply +yes+ when asked whether hddtemp daemon must be
+run during the startup.
[[S_SimilarSoft]]
Is there any other similar softwares?
- more general, but can be configured to display sensors
information: http://conky.sourceforge.net/
+
+[[S_HideSensor]]
+Is it possible to hide sensors in the main window?
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Before v1.1.1, the sensors retrieved from the lm-sensor library can be
+ignored directly in the lm-sensor configuration. See the manpage
+of sensors.conf(5).
+
+Since v1.1.1, it is possible to hide a sensor, uncheck the setting
+'Display sensor in the list of sensors' in the sensor preferences.
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