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@@ -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?
 -----------------------------------------------------
@@ -206,7 +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]]
 
@@ -230,11 +242,11 @@ http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html[XDG
 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
@@ -249,15 +261,14 @@ 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"
 ------------------
 
-For Debian/Ubuntu, you can use
+For Debian/Ubuntu, you can use at root:
 ------------------
 dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp
 ------------------
@@ -279,3 +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.