lm-sensors interpreting output

[Collins Richey]

This is a cross-posting for maximum exposure. I sent the same query to
gentoo-user. Anything you can add would be greatly appreciated.

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After a lengthy wait, lm-sensors has finally come out with a build
(lm-sensors-2.8.7)that will compile and run on 2.6 kernels. After a little work
with sensors-detect. I can finally get a sensors display. Here are a few
questions:

1) I still get no results with gkrellm2. It's supposed to be able to graph
sensors output, but I get no enablable temperature sensors. Anybody know how to
make this work?

2) The output from 'sensors' shows lots of voltage and temperatures output. Some
of the values are preceded by a '+' and others by a '-'. What does this mean?

3) I'm only interested in 'sensors | grep Temp'. Here's my current display, a
few examples..

M/B Temp:    +44 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +40 C)   sensor = diode   
CPU Temp:    -55 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = thermistor   
Temp3:       +31 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = diode   

M/B Temp:    +43 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +40 C)   sensor = diode   
CPU Temp:    -55 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = thermistor   
Temp3:       -56 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = diode   ALARM

M/B Temp:    +44 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +40 C)   sensor = diode   
CPU Temp:    -55 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = thermistor   
Temp3:        -8 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = diode   

M/B Temp:    +43 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +40 C)   sensor = diode   
CPU Temp:    -55 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = thermistor   
Temp3:      +124 C  (low  =   +15 C, high =   +45 C)   sensor = diode   ALARM

An 'emerge -u world' [i.e. update new versions]  is in progress, currently
digesting kdepim[i.e. lengthy C++ compiles]. What do the low and high values
mean? What is Temp3- the values are extremely erratic? What are the guidelines
for M/B and CPU Temp? I'm running an off the shelf PowerSpec box with a P4 cpu
(CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz stepping 09). I haven't found any
meaningful guidelines via google.

cpu temp is constant at 55; m/b temp drops to 35/36 when not under heavy load.

TIA


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