RE: Hardware monitor needed
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Capozzoli > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 11:22 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Hardware monitor needed > > > On 6/21/07, Eduardo Viruena Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Laszlo Nagy wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > My FreeBSD 6.2 server restarts suddenly once or twice a day. > I believe it is > > > because the processor is overheated, but I'm not sure. Is > there a way to > > > check this from software? I would like to install a hardware > monitor program > > > that can log out processor temperature in every minute. The > mainboard is ASUS > > > P5LD2, if that matters. Is there a software out there that > can do this for > > > me? > > > > > > Of course I could buy a new processor fan (or a water cooling > system) but I > > > do not want to spend money before I make sure that is the root of the > > > problem. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Laszlo > > > > > > > Believe it or not, my computer had the same behavoir because > > it was very dirty. It took 3 cans of compressed air > > to clean it. Once clean, it worked perfectly. > compressed air? nonsense, I prefer the > cleaned-out-reverse-shopvac method ;) > I use my 60 gallon shop air compressor and about 100 psi on a blowgun. Making sure to use the non-oiled air feed, of course. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware monitor needed
On 6/21/07, Eduardo Viruena Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Laszlo Nagy wrote: > > Hi, > > My FreeBSD 6.2 server restarts suddenly once or twice a day. I believe it is > because the processor is overheated, but I'm not sure. Is there a way to > check this from software? I would like to install a hardware monitor program > that can log out processor temperature in every minute. The mainboard is ASUS > P5LD2, if that matters. Is there a software out there that can do this for > me? > > Of course I could buy a new processor fan (or a water cooling system) but I > do not want to spend money before I make sure that is the root of the > problem. > > Thanks, > > Laszlo > Believe it or not, my computer had the same behavoir because it was very dirty. It took 3 cans of compressed air to clean it. Once clean, it worked perfectly. compressed air? nonsense, I prefer the cleaned-out-reverse-shopvac method ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Jim Capozzoli D6499626857801B6065013E3645A6B75 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware monitor needed
Hello, Laszlo Nagy wrote: This server is an X terminal server and the users connect to it with 'X -query '. Can I do something to reduce the load on the CPU? "gnome-volume-manage" uses 99% of the CPU, constantly - why? --Alex You can try to trace them, what they are doing, what functions are called, etc. See man ktrace for details. Unfortunately I am unable to provide more help, as I do not know at this time, what is gnome-volume-manage.. kind regards, Martin Hudec ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware monitor needed
Laszlo Nagy wrote: Check out healthd or mbmon. One or other has worked OK for me on other Asus boards, and both are in ports (sysutils/ I think). If you have ACPI and your board supports thermal zones, then you can check those. sysctl -a | egrep 'acpi.*therm' or sysctl -a | egrep 'acpi.*tz' one or other should be a good enough incantation. None of my ASUS mobos do have thermal zones so I can't be sure -- it's much more commonly supported in laptops. Or just sysctl -a | egrep acpi I do not have anything that looks like temperature. Is it still possible to use healthd or mbmon? Yes. healthd and mbmon try to talk to the monitoring chip directly, so they can work with or without thermal zones. The only way to know *if* they work on your particular board is to try them :-( They don't take long to compile. PS Many disks which support SMART can display their apparent temp as one of the SMART parameters (see sysutils/smartmontools). Not 100% trustworthy, but better than nowt. I'd rather fry the processor than a disk :-) I'm not affraid of that. I have gmirror-ed disks and they are much cheaper than the processor ( E6320 ). It's not the cost of the disks that worries me, it's the cost of the data! Yes, I mirror, and yes I back up to another server. But if one disk in a server overheats, likelihood is that the others will too :-( I just like low temperatures all round. No idea re gnome-volume-manage; don't even know what it is. Sorry. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware monitor needed
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Laszlo Nagy wrote: Hi, My FreeBSD 6.2 server restarts suddenly once or twice a day. I believe it is because the processor is overheated, but I'm not sure. Is there a way to check this from software? I would like to install a hardware monitor program that can log out processor temperature in every minute. The mainboard is ASUS P5LD2, if that matters. Is there a software out there that can do this for me? Of course I could buy a new processor fan (or a water cooling system) but I do not want to spend money before I make sure that is the root of the problem. Thanks, Laszlo Believe it or not, my computer had the same behavoir because it was very dirty. It took 3 cans of compressed air to clean it. Once clean, it worked perfectly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware monitor needed
Check out healthd or mbmon. One or other has worked OK for me on other Asus boards, and both are in ports (sysutils/ I think). If you have ACPI and your board supports thermal zones, then you can check those. sysctl -a | egrep 'acpi.*therm' or sysctl -a | egrep 'acpi.*tz' one or other should be a good enough incantation. None of my ASUS mobos do have thermal zones so I can't be sure -- it's much more commonly supported in laptops. Or just sysctl -a | egrep acpi I do not have anything that looks like temperature. Is it still possible to use healthd or mbmon? By the way, I'm 100% sure that the problem is with the CPU load. Here is the output of top: PID USERNAMETHR PRI NICE SIZERES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 2266 monica1 1100 16268K 11088K RUN1 17:22 22.85% gnome-volume-manage 1258 edit 1 1100 16268K 11000K RUN1 19:08 22.75% gnome-volume-manage 1658 mariann 1 1090 16320K 11260K RUN1 18:30 22.56% gnome-volume-manage 1528 mtamas1 1090 16268K 11068K RUN1 18:49 22.41% gnome-volume-manage 1244 timea 1 1100 16268K 11000K CPU1 1 19:07 22.36% gnome-volume-manage 1251 monica1 1100 16268K 11000K RUN1 18:44 22.07% gnome-volume-manage 1268 zoltan1 1090 16268K 11000K RUN1 18:52 21.78% gnome-volume-manage This server is an X terminal server and the users connect to it with 'X -query '. Can I do something to reduce the load on the CPU? "gnome-volume-manage" uses 99% of the CPU, constantly - why? --Alex PS Many disks which support SMART can display their apparent temp as one of the SMART parameters (see sysutils/smartmontools). Not 100% trustworthy, but better than nowt. I'd rather fry the processor than a disk :-) I'm not affraid of that. I have gmirror-ed disks and they are much cheaper than the processor ( E6320 ). Thank you! Laszlo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware monitor needed
Laszlo Nagy wrote: Hi, My FreeBSD 6.2 server restarts suddenly once or twice a day. I believe it is because the processor is overheated, but I'm not sure. Is there a way to check this from software? I would like to install a hardware monitor program that can log out processor temperature in every minute. The mainboard is ASUS P5LD2, if that matters. Is there a software out there that can do this for me? Check out healthd or mbmon. One or other has worked OK for me on other Asus boards, and both are in ports (sysutils/ I think). If you have ACPI and your board supports thermal zones, then you can check those. sysctl -a | egrep 'acpi.*therm' or sysctl -a | egrep 'acpi.*tz' one or other should be a good enough incantation. None of my ASUS mobos do have thermal zones so I can't be sure -- it's much more commonly supported in laptops. Or just sysctl -a | egrep acpi and eyeball for anything that looks like temp information. Also beware of constant monitoring. Every now and again (once a day on average), I find mbmon sits chewing CPU and pushing the temperature up itself. So I run in with (ulimit -t 1; /usr/local/bin/mbmon -p winbond -c 1) which means that the parent shell kills it if it uses more than 1 second of CPU, which is far more than it needs. --Alex PS Many disks which support SMART can display their apparent temp as one of the SMART parameters (see sysutils/smartmontools). Not 100% trustworthy, but better than nowt. I'd rather fry the processor than a disk :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
