X-Git-Url: http://wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=psensor-pkg-debian.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffaq.html;h=2227626bf56fed8250f72e2aa45e56c006f4a879;hp=1ae0908b40be8b5bc512de16d38a8f719776dc13;hb=bd7036af56a4b61b2b473dccbeac5e26f78b57da;hpb=e248180cc4ebc258fdd5778a26c08287089165b1 diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html index 1ae0908..2227626 100644 --- a/doc/faq.html +++ b/doc/faq.html @@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ asciidoc.install(2);

1. 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:

  • @@ -431,13 +432,26 @@ proprietary driver Catalyst/fglx: use aticonfig to

+
+

For hard disk drives, psensor can use:

+
@@ -446,6 +460,8 @@ displayed by Psensor, it is probably a bug in Psensor, so please report it. Otherwise, the issue is on the underlying software itself 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).

@@ -564,8 +580,7 @@ email to:

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.

@@ -664,7 +678,8 @@ the output of the different commands like sensors.

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.

@@ -686,10 +701,10 @@ specification.

-

16. How to monitor the temperature of a disk?

+

16. 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 -eaf|grep hddtemp. @@ -698,15 +713,22 @@ It should output something like:

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:

+
+
+
RUN_DAEMON="true"
+
+

For Debian/Ubuntu, you can use at root:

-
# hddtemp network daemon switch. If set to true, hddtemp will listen
-# for incoming connections.
-RUN_DAEMON="true"
+
dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp
+

and reply yes when asked whether hddtemp daemon must be +run during the startup.

@@ -738,11 +760,22 @@ more general, but can be configured to display sensors
+
+

18. 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.

+
+