X-Git-Url: http://git.wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffaq.html;h=1fa996b6e0fbe6fccc1ef8b5b142cf2f25a06741;hb=0f96508bf672cf1b4dba1834af9ddd9d39ba7eb5;hp=23cde0a5705540bba234f2cfb30a1979864a07da;hpb=77f6585add23403f62d79b054e1d24ddc5c1e098;p=psensor.git diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html index 23cde0a..1fa996b 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).

@@ -662,7 +678,8 @@ the output of the different commands like sensors.

Anyway, as I received several requests about such feature, since the 0.7.0.4 release it is implemented in both psensor ( menu preferences > sensors > enable log of measures) and psensor-server -(--sensor-log-file option).

+(--sensor-log-file option). For psensor the log file is +$HOME/.psensor/sensors.log.

@@ -684,10 +701,10 @@ specification.

-

16. How to monitor the temperature of a disk?

+

16. How to monitor the temperature of a disk with hddtemp?

-

By default, Psensor is using hddtemp to retrieve the temperature of -the disks.

+

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. @@ -699,14 +716,13 @@ It should output something like:

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:

+RUN_DAEMON to "true". After edition, it should contain the +following line:

-
# 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

+

For Debian/Ubuntu, you can use at root:

dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp
@@ -758,7 +774,7 @@ of sensors.conf(5).