Display CPU/HD temperature on desktop [Solved]

[Stevo]

Would you be open to displaying them in one of the XFCE panel thingies so they are always visible, as I prefer? We have several different panel plugins that can display hardware temperatures from various sources.

If you prefer the desktop, gkrellm is another oldie but goodie.

Thanks Stevo for this tip, I'm not that familiar with all those goodies that Linux offer, so yes, I'm open to XFCE panel, but have no clue how to start/do it. Is the documentation for a newbie in MX's manual section?

Who reads the manual?

It's pretty discoverable--right click an empty spot on the panel, then Panel > Add New Items. There's a search box in the dialog box where you can enter terms such as temp, sensor, hardware, CPU, and so on, and relevant panel doodads will appear that you can add to the panel. Most of those can be right-clicked after addition to edit their properties...the hardware-monitor widget is quite capable, but takes a bit more expertise to manage. The wmdock plugin, not installed by default, can also be used to display "wmtemp" on the panel if you get a yen for one that looks a bit different.

[Real]

Thanks, I'm not that good, so if I can avoid editing Conky, it'll be better.

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Thank you for the description. That exact config sounds perf for my tv. Awesome possum.

[michaelbr]

It's pretty discoverable--right click an empty spot on the panel, then Panel > Add New Items. There's a search box in the dialog box where you can enter terms such as temp, sensor, hardware, CPU, and so on, and relevant panel doodads will appear that you can add to the panel. Most of those can be right-clicked after addition to edit their properties...the hardware-monitor widget is quite capable, but takes a bit more expertise to manage. The wmdock plugin, not installed by default, can also be used to display "wmtemp" on the panel if you get a yen for one that looks a bit different.

Thanks, will give it a try.

[michaelbr]

I've used gkrellm for over a decade. I've got CPU's frequency and temperature, video card temp, hard drive I/O, network, and RAM. Pretty customize-able...

Thanks Leo for you feedback, for newbie, where should I start? I've found it's site, is this the place to start for a newbie? Is there any sample code/tutorial to speedup my learning curve? The theme site seems broken and plugin site has lot of links not working. I've installed the default but temp seems not working (reporting 0).

[Leo]

Synaptic. There's lots of plugins available. I'm afraid I haven't been to the "theme" site in quite a while, I've used CoplandOS for a long time. Couldn't find much documentation on it, sorry. It does give you some information in the configuration. I guess just play around with it if you decide to. Good luck and have fun!

[michaelbr]

Synaptic. There's lots of plugins available. I'm afraid I haven't been to the "theme" site in quite a while, I've used CoplandOS for a long time. Couldn't find much documentation on it, sorry. It does give you some information in the configuration. I guess just play around with it if you decide to. Good luck and have fun!

Thanks for this tip, I'll take a look.

[Stevo]

Here's what I have in my horizontal panel for monitors, from left to right:




Wi-fi down and up via Hardware Monitor,
sda and sdb drive activity in wmhdplop in a wmdock square,
CPU and some other temps in degrees F using wmtemp in another wmdock,
RAM used, on top of swap used using Hardware Monitor--lots of RAM in use due to running virtual machine, swap use is shown after resume from hibernation,
CPU Frequency Monitor (lowest speed is 800MHz),
CPU Graph showing 12 threads and overall system usage.

[michaelbr]

Here's what I have in my horizontal panel for monitors, from left to right:



Wi-fi down and up via Hardware Monitor,
sda and sdb drive activity in wmhdplop in a wmdock square,
CPU and some other temps in degrees F using wmtemp in another wmdock,
RAM used, on top of swap used using Hardware Monitor--lots of RAM in use due to running virtual machine, swap use is shown after resume from hibernation,
CPU Frequency Monitor (lowest speed is 800MHz),
CPU Graph showing 12 threads and overall system usage.

Thanks so much for posting your sample, I'll give it a try.

[Real]

Great thread. It actually made me decide to use just conky making my system more simple and easier to use while also giving me more room in the bar.