From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 19 04:24:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4521016A422 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:24:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2D2543D46 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:24:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.21] (andersonbox1.centtech.com [192.168.42.21]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k1J4OSSe057371; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:24:28 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <43F7F2FD.9070509@centtech.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:24:29 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "M. Warner Losh" References: <20060218.100245.31254157.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20060218.100245.31254157.imp@bsdimp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1292/Fri Feb 17 03:39:02 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i8000fan for freebsd and Sony PCG-z1wa X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:24:42 -0000 M. Warner Losh wrote: > Recently, I've had to diagnose problems with my dell i8200 which sadly > runs windows. It was running slower than the dickens. Turns out it > was heat related and the bios was stepping the speed down and never > back up. I've not been able to fix the overheading problem (would > love to know how, btw). > > In the process of all of this, I found a damn useful program that > monitored the temperature, fan speed CPU load and CPU speed, producing > a nice graph over time. > > I was wondering if something similar existed for FreeBSD. I'd like a > nice little program that I can use to graph the temperature, CPU speed > and cpu load, with and without powerd running. Can anybody help me out? > Are you looking for a long term statistical tool, or a real-time graphical view? I was thinking perl+rrdtool for a long term background tool that would create png's would be pretty easy to whip up.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------