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@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ The last version of this FAQ is available at http://wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=pse
 No sensors or only cpu usage is displayed
 -----------------------------------------
 
 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:

 
        - motherboard and CPUs sensors: the information is retrieved
           from the lm-sensors library, it requires that
 
        - motherboard and CPUs sensors: the information is retrieved
           from the lm-sensors library, it requires that


@@ -29,11 +30,17 @@ Psensor is relying on few libraries or softwares for retrieving the information
                   note: it requires that you are using a Psensor
                   binary compiled with the ATI support.
 
                   note: it requires that you are using a Psensor
                   binary compiled with the ATI support.
 

-       - HDDs: it uses the hddtemp daemon. Verify that it is
-          correctly reporting temperature by using the command: +sudo
-          hddtemp /dev/sda+. If hddtemp does not support your disk,
-          you may want to try using the libatasmart support instead
-          (option +--use-libatasmart+).
+For hard disk drives, psensor can use:
+
+    - udisks2: added since 1.1.2 release. It is the default and
+      recommended provider.
+   
+    - hddtemp: verify that it is correctly reporting temperature by
+      using the command: +sudo hddtemp /dev/sda+. It is the default
+      provider until 1.1.2 release.
+
+    - atasmart library: before the 1.1.2 release it can be enabled
+      by using the command line option +--use-libatasmart+.

 
 If the underlying software is reporting sensors which are not
 displayed by Psensor, it is probably a bug in Psensor, so please
 
 If the underlying software is reporting sensors which are not
 displayed by Psensor, it is probably a bug in Psensor, so please


@@ -41,6 +48,9 @@ report it. Otherwise, the issue is on the underlying software itself
 and you should contact the corresponding development team or refer to
 its documentation.
 
 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+).
+

 [[S_ATIMonitoring]]
 How to monitor an ATI card using the Catalyst driver?
 -----------------------------------------------------
 [[S_ATIMonitoring]]
 How to monitor an ATI card using the Catalyst driver?
 -----------------------------------------------------


@@ -230,11 +240,11 @@ http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html[XDG
 specification].
 
 [[S_disk]]
 specification].
 
 [[S_disk]]

-How to monitor the temperature of a disk?
------------------------------------------
+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
 
 If +hddtemp+ is installed but no disk temperature is reported, check
 that the daemon is running by using for example the command +ps


@@ -279,3 +289,14 @@ Here is a list of few well-known sensors monitoring softwares:
 
        - more general, but can be configured to display sensors
           information: http://conky.sourceforge.net/
 
        - more general, but can be configured to display sensors
           information: http://conky.sourceforge.net/

+
+[[S_HideSensor]]
+Is it possible to hide sensors in the main window?
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Before v1.1.1, the sensors retrieved from the lm-sensor library can be
+ignored directly in the lm-sensor configuration. See the manpage
+of sensors.conf(5).
+
+Since v1.1.1, it is possible to hide a sensor, uncheck the setting
+'Display sensor in the list of sensors' in the sensor preferences.