Looking for suggestions on a system monitor for Kubuntu

[shag00]

Coming from Ubuntu where I used Psensor I thought I would ask around and see if there are better alternatives for Kubuntu. Must haves are CPU temps and HDD temps and fan speeds. Nice to have would be fan failure warning and over temp warning. By better I mean something more in keeping with Kubuntu style as I don't have any issues with Psensor functionality.

[kc1di]

Thermal monitor is available as a widget and will do what you want. see here:https://store.kde.org/browse/cat/425...wnloadQuarter/

[vinnywright]

some of these widgets are installed by default , to what you have already just right click the desktop>add widgets and a list of installed ones will appear on the left side of the desktop.

just drag and drop one you want to try to the desktop or taskbar/system tray , if you do not like it just remove it , if on the desktop click and hold and a bar will come out the rite side of the widget click the "x" and it will go away , if in the taskbar left click and remove .

their is also "conky" it's a script ran monitor/info program , if you want to try it do a lot of googleing and reading first and find some exampel "conlyrc" scripts that may fit your needs .

hears what it looks like ...



this is an old screen shot , but thats conky on the right side of the screen ,,,,,, it can be made to show almost anything ,even the little dragon (konqi) .

VINNY

[shag00]

Thanks for your input gents but nothing really fits the bill.

[kc1di]

Thanks for your input gents but nothing really fits the bill.

Then sounds like psensors I can't think of anything else in KDE that would be better. You can use the terminal inxi if you install the newer one 3.x then it also will display the fan speed. You can get the latest one herehttps://launchpad.net/~unit193/+arch..._filter=artful and it will only give you a snapshot not continual monitoring. Cheers!

[vinnywright]

Psensor works fine , I have it installed hear as well , I just like my conky better .

conky would show all that , and just that if you set it up that way .

VINNY

[vinnywright]

screenshot ,,,,,,,,



VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Thermal monitor is available as a widget and will do what you want. see here:https://store.kde.org/browse/cat/425...wnloadQuarter/

I've been using Thermal Monitor for several years. Nothing I've tried picks up my Acer V3-771G fan speed so I've given up trying to display it.

[shag00]

It appears I have some issues with lm sensors:

angel@angelpc:~$ sensors
k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:        +33.0°C  (high = +70.0°C)
asus-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
cpu_fan:        0 RPM

The lm sensors site indicates that the drivers for my new motherboard may not be included in the kernel. The motherboard was released July 2018. Will try and pin this down.

[kc1di]

You may have to wait for a newer kernel to be released with Kubuntu 18.04. It is currently at 4.15 New stable is I believe 4.18.
You can install 4.18 but it may break other things.
looks like Ubuntu will not upgrade to another kernel version until at lease next Feb. See here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support
you can upgrade outside ubuntu's releases but it will be vanilla kernel - without any Kubuntu/ubuntu patches. So I would caution against that unless there is something Hardware wise or security wise that you must have. There is a third party gui too call Ukuu that will allow you to upgrade, but again use caution.

[woodsmoke]

SPEAKING TO NEWBIES ( I detest that term) SPEAKING TO NEW PEOPLE...old hands have moved beyond the old way of doing things and are now all about the...new...way... what...the NEW way requires only NEW stuff?

Well, contrary to the new t.v. series coming out I have actually been here for the next couple of centuries and there was an old school monitor that did...well...everything...

sorry ...IS an old school monitor that DOES everything...two many time frames...

and ...contrary to the huffing and puffing of the elites...who ESCHEW... Borodin's Baubles Bangles and Beads... it has SKINS!!

A...LOT... of SKINS to jolly up your screen to show the grandkids that you are not such a stiff old curmudgen after all!

it did, sorry, does a spiffy job of monitoring...ummmm EVERYTHING... except how long it takes to make a proper omlett by the master himself...sorry

oh...it's gKrellm.



and... umm...it just works.

woodlikesMPDandXMMSsmoke

P.P.S.

Oh, beware...there is a krell that monitors XMMS2 and also MPD... if you are not aware of XMMS or MPD...please be aware that you will be lead down a FASCINATING Rabbit Hole that involves a LOT of the history of "Linux" in terms of "applications"...that you will ...finally, and completely, gain COMMAND of your install...WHY is that...umm it requires that you actually ...umm add in the appropriate code / lines to get it to work...but...there were help screens, sorry, are , help screens...and you might...just meet a rabbit or two, or four...

TAKE COMMAND of your OS... learn... become an old groaner... lol



woodsmoke

[shag00]

I have found this https://github.com/a1wong/it87/blob/master/it87.c

but have no idea how to make use of it, any suggestions?

[GreyGeek]

I have found this https://github.com/a1wong/it87/blob/master/it87.c

but have no idea how to make use of it, any suggestions?

IF you have no idea how to make use of it my suggestion is to NOT make use of it. Compiling source code isn't a newbie task, especially code expecting 16 bit devices on a 64 bit system.