[OmniBook] omnibook support in gnome sensors applet

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El mié, 05-10-2005 a las 17:17 -0700, Grant Grundler escribió:
> very nice...does this require a particular kernel version
> or kernel CONFIG_* options enabled?
> 
> I'm aware of but never played with omke.
> 
> thanks,
> grant

No, 2.6 is supported since the beginning of 2005, omke has instructions
in the README if you want to patch the kernel source to include omnibook
support built-in, but you don't need to do so, I have it as a module:

$ dmesg | grep omnibook

omnibook: module version 2005-02-17.
omnibook: HP OmniBook 6100 EB detected.
omnibook: AC adapter status monitoring is enabled.
omnibook: LCD backlight turn off at console blanking is enabled.
omnibook: External display status monitoring is enabled.
omnibook: Fan status monitor and control is enabled.
omnibook: LCD brightness handling is unsupported on this machine.
omnibook: OneTouch buttons (if any) are enabled.
omnibook: Temperature monitoring is enabled.
omnibook: module unloading does not work yet on 2.6 kernel.

lsmod lists omnibook as [permanent]



When you load the module, you'll have a new set of entries in /proc

$ ls /proc/omnibook/
ac  blank  display  dmi  fan  onetouch  temperature  version

To know the CPU temperature:

$ cat /proc/omnibook/temperature
CPU temperature:               33 C


This is what sensors-applet, according to Malek, supports now, real time
monitoring of /proc/omnibook/temperature

I have Gentoo installed n my omnibook 6100EB, that means that I have
compiled all the distro with it, and without omke the fan didn't work
(you need to # echo 0 > /proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state) but omke temperature
and fan status monitoring solved the issue.

I suggest you to play with omke   :)