-
By default, Psensor is using hddtemp
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
.
-It should output something like:
+
How to monitor the temperature of a disk with hddtemp
?
-
root 1433 1 0 May28 ? 00:00:21 /usr/sbin/hddtemp -d -l 127.0.0.1 -p 7634 -s | /dev/sdb
+
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+.
+It should output something like:
-
Since recent Ubuntu releases, installing the hddtemp
package is not
-enough, it is required to manually allow the hddtemp
daemon. Edit the
-file /etc/default/hddtemp
and set RUN_DAEMON
to "true"
.
+
root 1433 1 0 May28 ? 00:00:21 /usr/sbin/hddtemp -d -l 127.0.0.1 -p 7634 -s | /dev/sdb
-
# hddtemp network daemon switch. If set to true, hddtemp will listen
+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:
+
+
# 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
+
+
+
+
+
and reply +yes+ when asked whether hddtemp daemon must be
+run during the startup.
+
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-