lm-sensors LXDE lxpanel plugin
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1 Description
Monitor temperature/voltages/fan speeds in LXDE through lm-sensors.
2 News
- 9 Apr 2013: vascom made a nice rpm package for Fedora. It is available from: http://koji.russianfedora.ru/koji/packageinfo?packageID=332
- 8 Apr 2013: Version 1.3: Added full GPL2 license, added DESTDIR variable to Makefile.
- 21 Mar 2013: This plugin was added to the Funtoo/Gentoo repository; Flora overlay.
- 10 Mar 2013: Version 1.2: Text is now aligned to the right in the x-coordinate and in the center on the y-coordinate. The text is now customizable using html markup.
- 6 Mar 2013: Version 1.1: Widget size is kept as the maximum seen to avoid jiggling other plugins. Widget size can be reset by entering the configuration.
- 5 Mar 2013: Tutu Yakubu made an installer for Funtoo/Gentoo. Get it at https://github.com/yuyuyak/sensors-lxpanel-plugin-ebuild
- 14 Mar 2012: Made 'make install work on 64bit systems. Updated the 1.0 download.
- 12 Mar 2012: Initial web page
3 Screenshots
5 Downloads
5.1 Funtoo/Gentoo
- Available from the Funtoo/Gentoo repository: Flora overlay
- Or download the installer directly from https://github.com/funtoo/flora/tree/master/lxde-base/sensors-lxpanel-plugin
5.2 Fedora
- You can download an rpm package from http://koji.russianfedora.ru/koji/packageinfo?packageID=332
6 README
PACKAGE INFORMATION
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A lxpanel plugin to monitor hardware sensors through lm-sensors.
DEPENDENCIES
============
This package uses several other packages with different names
depending on distribution.
For Ubuntu 11.04:
lxpanel
pkg-config
libglib2.0-dev
libgtk2.0-dev
libsensors4-dev
libmenu-cache1-dev
For Debian systems the additional package is needed:
lxpanel-dev
For Fedora 16:
lm_sensors-devel
lxpanel-devel
gtk2-devel
INSTALLATION
============
To install this package run on a fresh ubuntu 11.04 system:
sudo apt-get install build-essential lxde
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libmenu-cache1-dev
sudo apt-get install libsensors4-dev
make
sudo make install
To install in Funtoo/Gentoo:
Available in the Flora overlay repository or directly from:
https://github.com/funtoo/flora/tree/master/lxde-base/sensors-lxpanel-plugin
On debian (and possible other systems) the package 'lxpanel-dev' is
also needed:
sudo apt-get install lxpanel-dev
Make sure you have run 'sudo sensors-detect' or otherwise configured
lm-sensors. You can test your lm-sensors configuration by running
'sensors'.
USAGE
=====
Once installed, follow these steps to add the plugin:
Right-click panel
Select "Add / Remove Panel Items"
Press "Add"
Select and add "lm-sensors Monitor"
Right-click plugin to change settings
To monitor multiple sensors, add multiple sensors plugins.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
==================
Author: Dan Amlund Thomsen
Email: dan@danamlund.dk
Website: http://danamlund.dk/sensors_lxpanel_plugin
CHANGELOG
=========
1.0 (2012-03-12)
Initial release
1.1 (2013-03-06)
Widget size is kept as the maximum seen to avoid jiggling other
plugins. Widget size can be reset by entering the configuration.
1.2 (2013-03-10)
Text is now aligned to the right in the x-coordinate and in the
center on the y-coordinate. The text is now customizable using html
markup.