F8: Dell laptop - i8kutils

[dpet]

On Sun,  3 Feb 2008 11:36:35 -0500 (EST)
fedora-list-request at redhat.com wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 07:30 -0700, Kenneth Lee wrote:
> > > 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
> > readingscat  /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature
> cat  /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature
> works pretty well to get temperature.

	Thanks, yes it is helpful, but I want to set the fan turn on
temperature, and for it to happen automatically.
Regards