Ksensors+hddtemp

[Vajra Vrtti]

I have both Ksensors and hddtemp installed, but hddtemp readings are not shown in Ksensors. Does anybody knows how to do that?

[askrieger]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

Ksensors is a front end for lm-sensors, not hdtemp. I don't know whether there is a GUI for hdtemp.

[Vajra Vrtti]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

Ksensors home page (http://ksensors.sourceforge.net) says "KSensors can show your hard disk temperature using HDDTemp program". HDDTemp home page also refers to Ksensors.

HDDTemp is being loaded at system startup and reports correct temperatures using console command. But Ksensors ignores it.

I'm testing both KDE and Gnome desktops. The Gonome Sensors Applet, which is also a lm-sensors front end, automaticaly detects the presence of hddtemp and displays its readings.

[askrieger]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

Sorry, I missed the second d. I was writing about hdtemp which is a command line program. Color me fossilized. Have you tried using gnome-sensors in KDE? It might work, or might not.

[Vajra Vrtti]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

I have not tried it because I'm testing Gnome and KDE in dual boot from diferent partitions to see them as pure as possible.

Thanks for the suggestion, but the installation of the applet requires 20 Gnome packages in KDE. That is too much to run a single applet.

[Rog131]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

Readme from /usr/share/doc/ksensors tells:

New Harddisk temperature monitoring support
------------------------------------------

Now KSensors can show harddisk temperatures (only in modern harddisks).
You must install HDDtemp program from Emmanuel Varagnat.
HDDTemp must be in PATH to allow KSensors use it.
You can download HDDTemp from http://coredump.free.fr.
SUID bit of hddtemp file must by set, type:
chmod +s hddtemp

WARNING: Setting suid bit can be a security flaw.

About hddtemp:

You can edit hddtemp settings:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp
or from
/etc/default/hddtemp

I have tried hddtemp run as a daemon and normal. No luck with ksensors.

But there is kommander script Info-Sistema (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=42435) which uses hddtemp. Works with hddtemp .

[Vajra Vrtti]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

Info-Sistema didn't work for me either.

[Rog131]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

Info-Sistema or temperature (hddtemp) part ?

[Vajra Vrtti]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

Info-Sistema displayed incomplete information. For the HD partitions only file system and space usage. The sensors tab (that Ksensors displays correctly) is completely blank. System and Network tabs are also incomplete.

[Rog131]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

About Info-Sistema:

Have you: sudo dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp and installed SUID root ? (or chmod)

If not info-sistema can't use hddtemp. (or you have to use kdesu to start the kommander script)

There is text (in the Sensors tab, grey text in the grey background ): Please, check dependencing to enable this TAB. You need to have sensors already configured.

So - Goto info-tab > click Check Dependencing > Goto Sensors-tab > click Enable. Now sensors should be working.


There is this funny toy: wmhdplop

wmhdplop is yet another dockapp for WindowMaker, or any windowmanager/desktop environment that handles dockapps (KDE has a dockbar extension, and gnome swallows). It monitors your hard-drives by sending visual stimuli to your cortex each time your /dev/hdx (or /dev/sdx) writes or reads anything.

wmhdplop --hddtemp displays hd temperatures (requires hddtemp daemon running)

wmhdplop home
http://hules.free.fr/wmhdplop/

wmhdplop is in the repositories.

[Rog131]

Re: Ksensors+hddtemp

I noticed this when configured hddtemp daemon.

I have 2 x pata and 1 sata.

In the /etc/default/hddtemp -file:

# List of devices you want to use with hddtemp. If none specified,
# hddtemp will probe standard devices.
DISKS="/dev/sda /dev/hda /dev/hdb"

doesn't work, BUT

DISKS="/dev/sda PATA:/dev/hda PATA:/dev/hdb"

works.

Note: if DISKS is empty the daemon doesn't start at all.
http://bugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin...cgi?bug=316270