Sensor Sweep (sensor_sweep_applet)
Dan Siemon (Coverfire) <dan@coverfire.com>
Sensor Sweep is a GNOME panel applet that monitors your computers sensors through the lm_sensors kernel modules. Requires:
GNOME (tested on GNOME Core 1.2.3)
lm_sensors (http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/)
Configuration
Once you have Sensor Sweep installed you need to configure the sensors that you wish to monitor. Before you setup Sensor Sweep you need to have lm_sensors configured properly. Run the "sensors" program included with lm_sensors to verify proper operation of lm_sensors. Sensor Sweep requires three pieces of information to monitor a sensor. It requires a Display Name, Chip Name and Sensor Name. Most of this information can be found in the output of the "sensors" program included with lm_sensors. Here is the output from "sensors" on my system. In some cases the name listed in the first column is not what lm_sensors uses internally. If it does not work for you the actual name is defined in the lm_sensors config file (/etc/sensors.conf). For example using the output below "+5V" is not a valid sensor name but "fan1", "fan2" and "temp" are. I had to read the lm_sensors config file to find out that "+5V" is actually named "in0" on my system. The lm_sensors config file is usually /etc/sensors.conf.
---------------------Example------------------------
lm80-i2c-0-28
Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 5000
Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus adapter
+5V: +5.03 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
VTT: +1.46 V (min = +1.71 V, max = +2.09 V) ALARM
+3.3V: +3.37 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V)
+Vcore: +2.02 V (min = +2.52 V, max = +3.08 V) ALARM
+12V: +10.20 V (min = +9.37 V, max = +11.46 V)
-12V: -11.74 V (min = -13.16 V, max = -11.08 V)
-5V: -4.92 V (min = -5.66 V, max = -4.44 V)
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) ALARM
fan2: 3970 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2)
temp: +2800.00 C (hot:limit = +60000 C, hysteresis = +50000 C) ALARM
(os: limit = +60000 C, hysteresis = +50000 C) ALARM
eeprom-i2c-0-51
Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 5000
Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus adapter
eeprom-i2c-0-52
Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 5000
Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus adapter
---------------------End Example----------------------
To add a sensor to Sensor Sweep right click on the applet, click on "Properties". Press the "Add Sensor" button. To monitor the temperature using the above output as an example we would enter in "Temp" as the Display Name, "lm80-i2c-0-28" as the Chip Name and "temp" as the Sensor Name.
More docs to come. Eventually