Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:24:29 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i8000fan for freebsd and Sony PCG-z1wa Message-ID: <43F7F2FD.9070509@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20060218.100245.31254157.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20060218.100245.31254157.imp@bsdimp.com>
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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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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