Re: [Bookworm] collecting sensors data

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 10/29/23 08:01, mick.crane wrote:
> On 2023-10-28 18:31, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> > On Saturday 28 October 2023 07:25:39 am gene heskett wrote:
> > > On 10/28/23 00:14, Max Nikulin wrote:
> > > > On 28/10/2023 01:39, Greg wrote:
> > > >> I just noticed that there is no rrdcollect in Bookworm. What is the
> > > >> "proper" way of collecting sensors readings?
> > > >
> > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1029995 :
> > > >> please consider removing rrdcollect. Its a tool/daemon to collect
> > > >> metrics from the local system into RRD files. There are quite a 
> > > number
> > > >> of alternatives in Debian to do the same, better (munin, et al).
> > > >
> > > I just looked at munin in synaptic, But while there lots of parts to it,
> > > there is not a single word that indicates what it does? Absolutely
> > > nothing that tells me it can monitor the system fans or measure the
> > > systems voltages.  What does it actually DO?
> >
> > I've seen that fairly often,  particularly with software packages.
> > It's a real aggravation at times.
>
> I've sometimes thought it would be useful if at the top of man pages 
> there was.
> "Why would I use this" with explanation.
Something along those lines would sure generate the huzzahs here.
> mick
>
> .

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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