John R Pierce wrote: > risk? whats risky about the hardware managing the fans without CPU > software intervention? If anything thats LESS risky then assuming > the OS is properly configured to recognize the system specific fan > hardware and will properly react to the particular boards sensor > configurations. That was exactly my thought too... a fully automated hardware fan/temperature management systems is the way to go. It would be nice to have a standard way to get readings tho even for desktops/laptops, for your peace of mind :) lm_sensors is often useless, as it either doesn't detect anything or the readings it gets is just nonsense. Updating lm_sensors is not high on the priority list for Red Hat. -- //Morten Torstensen //Email: morten at mortent.org //IM: morten.torstensen at gmail.com I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland. -- Woody Allen