F8: Dell laptop - i8kutils

[Kenneth Lee]

> I have installed i8kutils and thought that I could use these
> conveniently. I thought I would find some config file to set
> temperatures. I haven't found one, and running "i8kmon -d -a -t 5 &"
> doesn't seem to work.
I did a google search with the terms "gnome linux cpu temperature
applet" and got a lot of hits.  The link
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/lm_sensors-guide-or-how-to-monitor-cpu-temperature-in-linux-fedora-core-6-26-kernel/
was very helpful on what to install to get sensor readings.