[Debian-eeepc-devel] Monitoring fan control with collectd.

[Glyn Webster]

(I'm posting this here because it's something that could be useful to 
developers.)

I've worked out how to use 'collectd' to collect temperature and 
fanspeed statistics. It requires the lm-sensors, collectd and rrdtool 
packages. I've attached the configuration files.

I run 'eeepc-rrd-graph.sh' (attached) when I want to check up on what's 
happening. I suppose I could put it in cron. Working out how to graph 
RRD data was the only painful part of all this.

*

I'm using 'fancontrol' on my netbook. (Settings file attached.) I've 
noticed that my netbook's fan turns on at 1500RPM, once the temperature 
gets to 55 degrees C, and never turns off. Either the settings mimic EEE 
PC 701 hardware fan control very closely, or fancontrol is not actually 
doing anything. I haven't experimented with it much yet.

--Glyn


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