[NTLUG:Discuss] More shell scripting madness

[. Daniel]

I suspected it was the Dell BIOS.

Okay, the gkrellm with the i8krellm plugin will indeed do the job.  As it 
turns out, it probably does a better job than gi8k does which is supposed 
to do the same thing.  If the gkrellm thing would become a panel applet 
then that'd probably be the end of the game.  Good tip though.  I have seen 
that app before and I see it often in screen shots of other people's 
systems.  There's a lot of status information available in that thing too.  
Temperatures, memory usage, email checking, disk space, you name it... 
there's probably a test in there to see if your wife is pregnant. :)  Nice 
utility.


>Hi Daniel.
>
>The 'hidden overridder' is the Dell BIOS.  Seems to scan & update about
>once every 1-5 minutes, depending on the environment.  That's what I
>like about gkrellm -- within 5 seconds of being overridden, it 'resets'
>the fans back to my preferences.  Responds faster than the BIOS to
>changing system loads as well.
>
>Not very familiar with gi8k.  Btw, in order for gkrellm to work, it
>actually has to be displaying (or minimized).  Its not a daemon.
>
>Regards,
>Steve
>
>. Daniel wrote:
> > Thanks for the shell script suggestions.  I'll study them and see what 
I
> > can figure out.  I like that single-line approach.  Simple makes me 
happy.
> > :)
> >
> > As for the GUI utility approach, I have installed gi8k and it has 
automated
> > functions based on temp and all that, but they don't seem to actually 
work.
> >  There seem to be other forces at play and I have yet to figure those 
out.
> > So rather than actually figure those things out, I have elected to just 
run
> > the fanloop. :)  Simple solution to a problem based on complex stuff.  
The
> > gi8k also offers manual control over the fans but I have found that 
there
> > is "something else" that steps in and over-rides what the applet does.  
The
> > loop, then, over-rides what was over-ridden and the over-rider. :)
> >
> > I welcome more shell script suggestions on this and when I have "quiet
> > time" I'll study the ideas presented to me already.  I'm sure one or 
both
> > are winners.  It'll be the one that doesn't make my head spin to 
understand
> > that wins. :)  Thanks all!
> >
> >
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