> Sorry if this has been around many times before, but I've done quite a > bit of reading and searching for some type of human readable guide for > setting up the lm_sensors for hardware monitoring. I've dorked around > with the stuff in the system here, but after looking at the > /etc/sensors.conf, I don't think I want to delve into that and try to > pull out the right group of settings. It is definately a bit > intimidating. So, is there any other software already written or in use > for hardware monitoring that does not require a PhD to set up? The > current sensors displays both the ISA and smbus readings, but none are > even remotely close. The board uses thermistors for temp, which is > mainly what I want to monitor. sure do the sendors-detect stuff and then install snmp and configure that - I use cacti and there are lm_sensors templates for cacti floating around and you can get what you want out of there