wmsorsen

wmsorsen - sensor dockapp

Information

wmsorsen is a dockapp which displays hardware sensor values. It's based on wmsensormon.

It's not limited to a specific hardware chip but can display any sensor value lm-sensors supports.

wmsorsen uses lm-sensors to read sensor values so a working installation is required.

wmsorsen is free software released under the GNU General Public License V2 or later.

Download

The current release is wmsorsen 0.10.2 (22 kB) (signature) from 2015-05-16.

Changes

• 2015-05-16: Version 0.10.2
  • fixed compilation with gcc 5
• 2010-03-24: Version 0.10.1
  • custom labels may be used instead of the fixed "CPUx"/"FANx"
    Use "text? = foo" in the configuration file to set it (with ? being 1-4)
• 2009-11-18: Version 0.10.0
  • lm_sensors 3 is now supported
  • the sensor names have been slightly changed so you need to update the config file
  • the display values are now correctly numbered
  • the print option now also outputs the current sensor values
• 2008-04-21: Version 0.9.1
  the same sensor chip can be accessed via different bus systems so the bus name (i2c, isa, ...) is added to the complete sensor name to allow to specify the correct one (sometimes the same sensor reports different values for different bus connections).
  You need to update your config file as the old names won't work anymore!

Installation

There is no configure script, just enter the directory wmsorsen in the archive and execute make followed by make install.

Now setup the configuration file.

1. Copy the file wmsorsenrc into your home directory as .wmsorsenrc.
2. Edit this file and enter up to 5 different sensor value to be monitored by wmsorsen.
   • Possible values can be obtained by executing

     wmsorsen --print

     which outputs all sensor information known by lm-sensors.
     Not every line is an actual sensor, some are just limits for corresponding sensors or similar information.
     You might need to test around which name corresponds to the sensor you want to monitor.
   • The example configuration is pretty self-explanatory. After the sensor name an optional minimal and maximal value for voltages, warning and fatal temperature or a minimal fan speed can be entered.
     The parser is very strict, the values need to be separated by whitespaces.
   • The fifth sensor value is not shown by value but just by a bar at the bottom of the window.
     Currently it is only possible to use a voltage sensor in this area.
   • You can use a custom label by using the configuration entry "text1".."text4".
3. Execute

   wmsorsen

   to start the application.

Known limitations

• The voltages are currently only viewable in the bottom bar.
• The temperature limits in the configuration file are always in degree centigrade as reported by lm-sensors.

Please contact me if you want get something from this list fixed (or any other problem which might occur).