On 01/27/2010 09:39 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:39 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> On 01/26/2010 06:03 PM, Mikkel wrote: >> >>> On 01/26/2010 01:22 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>> >>>> How can I control how this applet displays? >>>> >>>> I had to add it to the panel, as I could not figure out any other way to >>>> get it to display. And there are 10 separate tempurature displays.... >>>> >>>> I would really like some dropdown to let me look at each sensor. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> You can configure what sensors are displayed, if that will help. >>> Right click on the applet, pick preferences. The sensor tab lists >>> the various sensor data sources. If you open a source, you can pick >>> what sensors from that source are displayed. You probably do not >>> need all 10 sensors... >>> >>> >> But which ones DO you want? The hotest? A friend thinks my heatsink is >> not sitting properly and I will need to open up the unit and put in >> fresh 'grease'. >> >> What I really want is a setting that says when the temp gets close to >> shutdown, suspend instead. I am tired of my system just violently >> powering off.... >> > Before you start pulling the cpu and applying "grease" (which is > actually quite hard to do correctly and can leave you worse off if you > get it wrong) make sure your fans are working properly. Dust causes more > problems than people imagine. Don't forget the cpu's own cooling fan as > well. This is a notebook, an HP nc2400. I lost the fan back in the summer, and the fan is the FIRST thing into the unit, so I had to take EVERYTHING out to replace the fan. Every now and then it gets to running hot. I suspect since this is a duo core, it MIGHT have something to do if both CPUs are needed or not. TZ2 is reporting 29C, but TZ4 is reporting +75C... -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
