[vox-tech] overheating

Gandalf Parker gandalf at any1can.net
Wed Jun 17 13:14:57 PDT 2009


On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:49:36AM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote:
> Gandalf Parker wrote:
> > Its not a continual message. I was hoping for a program that would tell me what processes were causing it.
> 
> It sounds as though you need to use both gkrellm and top.  top will 
> certainly tell you what's using all the cycles - that should be the only 
> factor driving the heat.  gkrellm can show you temperatures and numbers 
> of processes, as well as your fan speeds.  The last may be a factor.

gkrellm sounded like just what I needed but it doesnt seem to want to run on my server. Apparently it needs a gui environment. No text mode.

Thanks though.
Gandalf  Parker


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