Yes, I restored sensors by running sensors-detect. I doubt things have changed that much in going to FC4. If you could provide a 2.6.5 solution I can probably use or adapt it. I am indeed working on a script that would extract the CPU temp from the output of the sensors command and use it as a trigger. I was just hoping someone might have already done something like that, preferably something a little more robust, and that I could run in background like a watch xxx script. A cron job with only a one-minute granularity does not seem to be fast enough for this problem, because freezeup occurs in less than a minute once the processes begin that seem to cause it. Many of the respondents are also saying I need a better heatsink/fan. Funds for that are low right now. Craig Sylla wrote: > Unfortunately it varies from driver to driver. :/ > > You would need to look at the source for the driver in question to see > exactly what it does. Most of them actually provide a fairly useful > value in the sys entry. Also you had mentioned earlier that sensors > had died, have you been able to get them working again? > > I am also unsure of exactly what the newer methods are for this, as > I'm working with kernel 2.6.5, which is somewhat dated now. FC4 is > running 2.6.12 iirc, I'd rather not give you info that is wrong and > waste your time. > > One possibility - if the 'sensors' command and your sensors.conf file > are good/working/right you could just grep out the line for the temp > and parse that for your temperature and alarm status. The command > uses the config file to do the conversions for you and knows how to > handle each driver correctly. You can also set thresholds in the > config file. > > Craig > > > On 8/23/05, Jon Roland <jon.roland at the-spa.com> wrote: > >>This is a tantalizing suggestion, but it is insufficient information. Could you be >>more specific, or point me to some documentation that would help me make it work? >>Thanks. >> >>Craig Sylla wrote: >> >>>The 'raw' driver data comes from the sys file system. You could read >>>the temp directly (it will require some math conversion but not much). >>> Or just check the 'alarm' value for a pass-fail type test. >> >>-- >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >>Starflight Corporation 7793 Burnet Road #37, Austin, TX 78757 >>512/374-9585 www.the-spa.com/jon.roland/ jon.roland at the-spa.com >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Starflight Corporation 7793 Burnet Road #37, Austin, TX 78757 512/374-9585 www.the-spa.com/jon.roland/ jon.roland at the-spa.com ----------------------------------------------------------------
