CPU temps on the panel?

[Gary Hodges]

On 11/17/05, Gary Hodges <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/17/05, Andrew Otte <otte at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 1:16 pm, Peter Clark wrote:
> > > On Thursday 17 November 2005 01:54, Gary Hodges wrote:
> > > > Is there something like Gkrellm that will display my CPU temp and fan
> > > > speed on the panel.  I use Gkrellm now, but it always seems to be in
> > > > my way on the desktop.
> > >
> > >     Ktemperature will display the temperature in a systray applet. It's
> > > available in the Universe pool. I don't know of any applet that controls
> > > fan speed, however.
> > >
> > >     :Peter
> > The package ksensors does all this and more.  I think you need to be running
> > kde though.  Don't know for Gnome.
>
> Well, I'm running KDE but I'm not getting much when I fire up
> Ksensors.  I get the splash screen which goes away after a moment or
> two, and the app is running according to ps, and that's all.  The man
> page isn't helping much.  I'm wondering if I need a certain Qt package
> installed???

OK, I figured out you have to have the System Tray on the panel...