From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 19 05:01:49 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 6E8A816A420 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:01:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C172143D46 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:01:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k1J4xE0T059041; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:59:14 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:59:35 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20060218.215935.99466173.imp@bsdimp.com> To: anderson@centtech.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <43F7F2FD.9070509@centtech.com> References: <20060218.100245.31254157.imp@bsdimp.com> <43F7F2FD.9070509@centtech.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:59:14 -0700 (MST) 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 05:01:49 -0000 In message: <43F7F2FD.9070509@centtech.com> Eric Anderson writes: : 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.. I was hoping to get a nice real-time graph... Warner