On Sunday November 10 2002 06:49 am, Franki wrote:
> cool, I'm loading gkrellm now and I'll do it..
>
> but what I am after really is a console tool of some sort that
> detected alarms and could send an email then shutdown the system if
> its overheating.. so I guess I'd have to get lm_sensors correct
> rather then compensating with gkrellm...
> Hola, Frank. This is what I do: Installed gkrellm-1.2.13-3mdk.rpm +
> gkrellm-plugins-1.2.13-1mdk.rpm Then, take note of values as are
> reported by BIOS (enter Setup) and, finally, right click on gkrellm
> and fine tune each value to match BIOS values.
>
> Suerte.
If lm_sensors is properly installed and configured, and theres no
hardware dificiency on the motherboards part, compensating temps using
gkrellm tweaks is a bad idea. The temps you see in bios, even after a
warm reboot are indicative of a system that is under very low load and
isn't up to operating temperature. Temps after booting the OS,
specially under load, should be higher than what bios reported.
The important thing to note with voltages is that they stay steady.
Varying voltages, again, specially under load (eg, 'make modules'),
indicates a poor and/or inadequate power supply.
The acid test for all this is http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/
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