[ale] Gnome applets

[Geoffrey]

Scott Castaline wrote:
> On 07/25/2009 10:33 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Collin Pruitt wrote:
>>>> Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:48:11 -0400 From: Scott
>>>> Castaline<skotchman at gmail.com>  Subject: [ale] Gnome applets To:
>>>> ALE<ale at ale.org>  Message-ID:<4A68A25B.70105 at gmail.com>
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>>>> Does anyone know how accurate the sensors-applet is? I have version
>>>>   2.2.1 on Fedora 11. I have a dual core processor and the applet
>>>> displays 4 icons with temps next to each one. I've been assuming
>>>> that the total of 2 equals the temp of one of the cores and all 4
>>>> is the total of the chip. Starting today actually a few minutes ago
>>>> during an update all four icons were showing orange (>95 deg. F
>>>> each icon). After reboot the first 2 icons (counting left to right)
>>>> would stay right around 95 and the other 2 were around 93 each.
>>>> I've never seen it do this before and now while typing it seems to
>>>> have gone more normal. Any concern on my part need to be addressed?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You should be fine; the sensor applets are reading  directly from the
>>> tempreature sensors on the CPU. If it is incorrect, it is more than
>>> likely a problem with the sensors themselves.
>> I've not played with this in a while, but I recall that you had a
>> configuration file that you had to modify in order for the sensors to
>> properly produce valid results.  Is this all automated now?
>>
> Within the GUI you can set preferences....

I'm referring to /etc/sensors.conf which you (at one time) had to 
configure to your specific hardware specs.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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