F8: Dell laptop - i8kutils

[dpet]

On Sun,  3 Feb 2008 08:10:18 -0500 (EST)
fedora-list-request at redhat.com wrote:

> dpet wrote:
> > 	
> > 	I recently had to replace the video card in my Dell 9400,
> > probably because it overheated after a build-up of dust in the
> > cooling system.
> > 	So I am now paranoid about the temperature control of the
> > CPU and the GPU fans.
> > 	I think that if I run gkrellm, I can set and observe the fan
> > behaviour. However, I have to have the programs display on the
> > screen. 
> >
> > 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.
> > 	As I am obviously confused, perhaps someone can help me.
> >
> > Thanks
> > DP
> > South Australia
> >
> >   
> 
> I'm afraid I have no experience with i8kutils, however as an
> alternative to gkrellm, you may be interested in looking at Conky.
> 
> http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html
> 
>

Thanks for the info.  However, looks complicated as I only want to set
the temperature at which the fans automatically turn on.  It also
doesn't specifically know about the temperature of the video card, as
far as I can tell.
Regards