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I have the packman sensors rpm installed with 9.1 and am using gkrellm to monitor the sensors. The temp1 and temp2 sensors are working well I think, fluctuating between 35º and 55º but I can't get the fan sensors to show anything other than zero.
Could anyone with an AMD give me reasonable working values for the temp1 and temp2 sensors? And/or how to monitor the fans correctly? Or must I move to Intel?
I think that lm_sensors is installed off the DVD, but you need the packman 2.8.6 to get user space tools, mainly sensors-detect (as root) to let you know with modules to load. I load i2c-core i2c-sensor i2c-viapro and asb100 based on results to sensors-detect. I load them in /etc/sysconfig/kernel. In gkrellm configuration Temp1 is the MotherBoard, Temp2 is the Chip temp, Temp3 is unused and Temp4 is the CPU. Fan1 is the CPU, Fan2 is the chassis fan and Fan3 is unused. Fan2 does not register a value in gkrellm or in sensors, until I run mbmon and let it cycle 2 or 3 times until is shows a fan speed. Try to find fvcool 1.03 (not sure about latest version number). Mbmon is at 2.0.2, I think. Xmbmon is an X graphical that shows same info as mbmon. Both of these have to be compiled, but I have never had a problem with completion. It drops the temps on my Athlon XP1800+ from about 131F to 110F or less depending on time of day and activity. Hope this helps. It allows the cpu to go idle when not in use. This feature is turned off by default. It does mess with sound, but I am more interested in controlling temps. Ed Harrison SuSE 9.1, Kernel 2.6.7-vanilla PolarBar Mailer 1.25a