On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, mulix wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Omer Musaev wrote: > > > > amir said he thinks the the compaq presario has internal temperature > > > monitors accessible through the bios. does nyone know if it is > > > accessible in linux (maybe using lm_sensors?) > > > > Small correction to avoid confusion: > > It is not Presario, but ProLiant 800 > > woops, a thinko. caught that one two seconds after sending it into the > ether. i will check on lm_sensors tonight, see if the proliant is > supported, and what is needed (at least a kernel patch, as far as i can > recall). ok, did some quick checking on lm_sensors, available at http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/index.html. lm_sensors is a set of software utilities used to monitor hardware health, using a special monitoring chips which comes built in on most motherboards. so the first question is, what motherboard does iglu have? assuming the motherboard (actually, it's monitoring chip) is supported, lm_sensors can give us constant temperature readings _for the procesor_. is this value relevant for us? assuming it is, lm_sensors can be installed _without_ patching the kernel, but it does require a full kernel tree which has been compiled. iglu does not seem to have that, at least not in /usr/src/linux. that will probably mean that to compile lm_sensors, we'll also need to compile (not necessarily install!) a new kernel on iglu. the site also has rpm packages for redhat 6.2, but i'm not sure if they can be simply installed. perhaphs someone who know rpm spec files could take a look? the spec file is here: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/rpms/redhat6.2/2.5.1/lm_sensors-rh.spec so, should i inquire further? (i probably will, to set up lm_sensors on my own boxen). -- mulix http://www.advogato.com/person/mulix linux/reboot.h: #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1 0xfee1dead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
