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      sullrich
      last edited by

      @hoba:

      If it's added as package it has to be a seperate page and a seperate menu entry. If it's in base with an option to turn it on/off it could be displayed at system>status.

      If someone wants to work on a package I'll be happy to integrate the kernel bits.

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        nima.m
        last edited by

        I did some invenstigation and this is what I found, first we need to compile these parameters in Kernel :

        
        	device          smbus
        	device          ichsmb
        	device          smb
        	device          iicbus
        	device          iicbb
        	device          intpm
        	device          pcf
        	device          acpi
        
        

        Then the best software out there that fit for pfsense is healthd
        healthd is the only software that has support for so many chipset (W83781D, W83782D, W83783S, LM78, LM79 and the AS99127F)
        this software is a deamon that easly can start in rc.d directory
        later you can read out sensor figures by runing this command :
        /usr/local/bin/healthdc -H
        the -H parameters create a HTML output that can easly be included in pfsense WEBGUI

        So the question is if Scott will compile a kernel with above parameters for pfsense :-)

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          sullrich
          last edited by

          Those values are already present from what I can tell.

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            billm
            last edited by

            @nima.m:

            I did some invenstigation and this is what I found, first we need to compile these parameters in Kernel :

            
            	device          smbus
            	device          ichsmb
            	device          smb
            	device          iicbus
            	device          iicbb
            	device          intpm
            	device          pcf
            	device          acpi
            
            

            Then the best software out there that fit for pfsense is healthd
            healthd is the only software that has support for so many chipset (W83781D, W83782D, W83783S, LM78, LM79 and the AS99127F)
            this software is a deamon that easly can start in rc.d directory
            later you can read out sensor figures by runing this command :
            /usr/local/bin/healthdc -H
            the -H parameters create a HTML output that can easly be included in pfsense WEBGUI

            Check out how the temp. monitor is setup on for 4801's.  All the code for that is in /usr/local/www/* and subdirectories of it.  Should be easy to modify to check for the presense of the healthd package and make the appropriate calls.

            –Bill

            pfSense core developer
            blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
            twitter - billmarquette

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              KiaN
              last edited by

              Works great for me with a cronjob :

              
              */1 * * * * /usr/local/bin/healthdc -H > /usr/local/www/temp/index.php
              
              

              I only miss HD temp :(

              # smartctl -a /dev/ad2s1a
              smartctl version 5.33 [i386-portbld-freebsd6.1] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
              Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
              
              Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)
              
              A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
              
              
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                Phobia
                last edited by

                Hi again all,

                So, is this then possible to add to the actual install of PFSense, or is the manual hacking the only way to go?

                Thanks,

                – Phob

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                  hoba
                  last edited by

                  Unless somebody makes a package of this that generates a nice webguiscreen and/or maybe even some rrdgraphs "hacking" is the only option.

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                    mbreitba
                    last edited by

                    So are these values natively accessable via SNMP, or do I need to "hack" it to get those values?  We already monitor a ton of stuff with MRTG (including bandwidth) but CPU usage and Memory usage would be nice to add to our graphs!

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                      unforeseen
                      last edited by

                      So I guess there was not enough interest for anyone to actually attempt this (release wise)?  Seems like it would be "handy" if nothing else for the 3% of us… I would put in my two cents that if someone was to spend time to create it, I feel that it probably should be an add-on package.  I'm really suprised though, up to the last post, it seemed like it was drawing some positive feedback.

                      All well, thanks for all the hard work!

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                        ivanjong
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                        i know this thread is old. but anyone else tried to run healthd and others on smbus ? i tried but i think our kernel doesnt have device          smbus
                        device          ichsmb
                        device          smb
                        device          iicbus
                        device          iicbb
                        device          intpm
                        device          pcf
                        device          acpi
                        is anyone sure this is compile in ? we have acpi. but not smbus and smb and iicbus and iicbb.

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