Re: Hardware-monitor for Linux?

[Jeff Stampes <Jeff Stampes xilinx com>]

Ben Stringer wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 15:08, Troy Campano wrote:
>  
>
> > I have lm-sensors installed and gkrellm but fan and voltage monitoring
> > are grayed out. I can see CPU temp though.
> >
> > Any ideas why?
> >    
>
> You have to configure lm_sensors for your system, as it is highly
> dependant on the motherboard and system bus.
>
> Run "/usr/sbin/sensors-detect" as root. It guides you through the
> changes required to get lm_sensors monitoring your hardware\
>  
As a completely uneducated idiot, I've bumbled my way through a lot of 
linux issues.  What does it mean when running lm-sensors results in a 
nonstop alarm?

~Jeff