X-Git-Url: http://wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=psensor-pkg-debian.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffaq.html;h=293d41dac84619cea944483f0041a1d67917a1ff;hp=8d26d4f969fe8d7761924bb4f7e32faf65d2c5fc;hb=4e6ce51e7afeb7924573c40796910cd003850949;hpb=29dd6f0e20b1f109b1fbdd8a30f02b0f0dc1f103 diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html index 8d26d4f..293d41d 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.

@@ -683,35 +697,42 @@ the option Launch on session startup.

This feature is requiring that the Desktop Environment supports the XDG specification.

- - -
-

16. How to monitor the temperature of a disk?

-
-

By default, Psensor is using hddtemp 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. -It should output something like:

+

How to monitor the temperature of a disk with hddtemp?

-
root      1433     1  0 May28 ?        00:00:21 /usr/sbin/hddtemp -d -l 127.0.0.1 -p 7634 -s | /dev/sdb
+
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+.
+It should output something like:
-

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".

+

root 1433 1 0 May28 ? 00:00:21 /usr/sbin/hddtemp -d -l 127.0.0.1 -p 7634 -s | /dev/sdb

-
# hddtemp network daemon switch. If set to true, hddtemp will listen
+
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"+ like in the following example:

+
+

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

+
+
+
For Debian/Ubuntu, you can use
+
+

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?
-
-
-
-

17. Is there any other similar softwares?

-

Here is a list of few well-known sensors monitoring softwares:

  • @@ -738,11 +759,21 @@ more general, but can be configured to display sensors
+
+

16. 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.

+
+