X-Git-Url: https://git.wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=psensor.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffaq.txt;h=cc4c714545ef374861f25d05a96c7387604c6113;hp=048c679eb3d06d9d8c78d48c311eefa129512aba;hb=c1e20f2631a1249720e9c75d753eacfcb0f6c7b9;hpb=70dca8da60f9c4ce694b10e3d1ca4ea0c4453690 diff --git a/doc/faq.txt b/doc/faq.txt index 048c679..cc4c714 100644 --- a/doc/faq.txt +++ b/doc/faq.txt @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ -Psensor Frequently Asked Questions -================================== += Psensor Frequently Asked Questions +:docinfo2: +:toc: The last version of this FAQ is available at http://wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=psensor.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/faq.html;hb=HEAD. @@ -7,7 +8,8 @@ The last version of this FAQ is available at http://wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=pse 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 @@ -29,11 +31,17 @@ 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. - - 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 @@ -41,6 +49,9 @@ report it. Otherwise, the issue is on the underlying software itself and you should contact the corresponding development team or refer to its documentation. +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? ----------------------------------------------------- @@ -121,8 +132,7 @@ repositories. If you don’t want to use the launchpad, you can send the report by email to: - - psensor-users@googlegroups.com (require registration at: - https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups&hl=en#!forum/psensor-users) + - psensor-users@googlegroups.com - or jeanfi@gmail.com. If the bug is concerning Debian or Ubuntu derivatives distribution, @@ -139,9 +149,8 @@ How to send ideas, questions or comments? Check the FAQ or the TODO pages. If you don’t find the information, you can send an email to the public -mailing-list psensor-users@googlegroups.com (require registration at: -https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups&hl=en#!forum/psensor-users) -or send an email directly to me: jeanfi@gmail.com. +mailing-list psensor-users@googlegroups.com or directly to me: +jeanfi@gmail.com. [[S_Contribute]] @@ -208,7 +217,8 @@ 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+. [[S_NO_GRAPH_DISPLAYED]] @@ -227,6 +237,45 @@ Since the version 1.0.1, Psensor is no more started automaticaly by default. Open the +Preferences+ window, select the +Startup+ tab and switch on the option +Launch on session startup+. +This feature is requiring that the Desktop Environment supports the +http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html[XDG +specification]. + +[[S_disk]] +How to monitor the temperature of a disk with +hddtemp+? +-------------------------------------------------------- + +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: + +--------------------- +root 1433 1 0 May28 ? 00:00:21 /usr/sbin/hddtemp -d -l 127.0.0.1 -p 7634 -s | /dev/sdb +--------------------- + +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"+. After edition, it should contain the +following line: + +------------------ +RUN_DAEMON="true" +------------------ + +For Debian/Ubuntu, you can use at root: +------------------ +dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp +------------------ + +and reply +yes+ when asked whether hddtemp daemon must be +run during the startup. + [[S_SimilarSoft]] Is there any other similar softwares? ------------------------------------- @@ -241,3 +290,14 @@ 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/ + +[[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.