[NTLUG:Discuss] More shell scripting madness

[Stephen Davidson]

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Hi Daniel.

The 'hidden overridder' is the Dell BIOS.  Seems to scan & update about
once every 1-5 minutes, depending on the environment.  That's what I
like about gkrellm -- within 5 seconds of being overridden, it 'resets'
the fans back to my preferences.  Responds faster than the BIOS to
changing system loads as well.

Not very familiar with gi8k.  Btw, in order for gkrellm to work, it
actually has to be displaying (or minimized).  Its not a daemon.

Regards,
Steve

. Daniel wrote:
> Thanks for the shell script suggestions.  I'll study them and see what I 
> can figure out.  I like that single-line approach.  Simple makes me happy. 
> :)
> 
> As for the GUI utility approach, I have installed gi8k and it has automated 
> functions based on temp and all that, but they don't seem to actually work. 
>  There seem to be other forces at play and I have yet to figure those out.  
> So rather than actually figure those things out, I have elected to just run 
> the fanloop. :)  Simple solution to a problem based on complex stuff.  The 
> gi8k also offers manual control over the fans but I have found that there 
> is "something else" that steps in and over-rides what the applet does.  The 
> loop, then, over-rides what was over-ridden and the over-rider. :)
> 
> I welcome more shell script suggestions on this and when I have "quiet 
> time" I'll study the ideas presented to me already.  I'm sure one or both 
> are winners.  It'll be the one that doesn't make my head spin to understand 
> that wins. :)  Thanks all!
> 
> 
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