On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 09:19 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: > On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 08:57 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 10:31 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > Hi Peter, > > > > > > > First, to measure the speed I installed Conky. Problem 1: I cannot > > > > figure out how to display the fan speed, but I have got the acpi > > > > temperature showing. > > > > > > I don't know about Conky, but in the past I'm used sensors(1) from the > > > lm-sensors package. It's old and not properly configured on this > > > machine, but it tries to show things like > > > > > > it87-isa-0290 > > > Adapter: ISA adapter > > > VCore 1: +1.58 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) > > > VCore 2: +2.51 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) > > > +3.3V: +3.23 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) > > > +5V: +3.47 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V) > > > +12V: +5.38 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V) > > > -12V: -15.21 V (min = -27.36 V, max = +3.93 V) > > > -5V: -7.27 V (min = -13.64 V, max = +4.03 V) > > > Stdby: +2.69 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V) > > > VBat: +3.18 V > > > fan1: 3924 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8) > > > fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8) > > > M/B Temp: +40.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +75.0°C) sensor = > > > transistor > > > CPU Temp: +41.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +75.0°C) sensor = > > > transistor > > > Temp3: +35.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +75.0°C) sensor = > > > transistor > > > > > > Once lm-sensors is thrown into Google I get search results including > > > > > > > > > http://ubuntumanual.org/posts/127/how-to-control-fan-speed-lm-sensors-in-ubuntu > > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fan_Speed_Control > > > > > > and others. Perhaps that'll help. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Ralph. > > > > > > > > >< > > The results of that are: > > /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed > > pet...@peterm-desktop:~$ > > et...@peterm-desktop:~$ sensors > acpitz-virtual-0 > Adapter: Virtual device > temp1: +41.0°C (crit = +70.0°C) > > pet...@peterm-desktop:~$ > > So I don't seem to have all the controllable devices that you found. > > I did run sensors-detect, but haven't restarted. > > Peter M. > > I have tried again, but still seem to have just the one temperature showing. Have managed to get it into conky via http://conky.linux-hardcore.com/?page_id=393
But it shows the same value as acpitemp. I notice that running sensors-detect wants to add the findings to /etc/modules, but then this is the only thing in that file. Is it possible that things have moved in ubuntu 10.1? Peter -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset