Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-815

Chapter 12. System Utilities

sysmond-1.0.0

Introduction to sysmond

The sysmond package (pronounced sys-mon-d) is the daemon portion of the sysmond/sysmon3 client/server application that monitors system values including CPU usage, memory usage, and system temperatures in a compact screen window.

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Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Kernel Configuration

There are many different hardware devices that sense temperatures. The temperature readings are updated by kernel drivers that support specific devices. To determine what devices are present on a system the lm-sensors-3-6-0 package has a Perl script, sensors-detect that can look for specific devices that are in the curremt system.

After sensor devices are known, the appropriate kernel driver must be enabled. In many chases, but not all, the appropriate drivers are selected by default. The kernel configuration parameters are located at: 

Device Drivers --->                                    
  Networking options --->
    [*] Hardware Monitoring support --->        [CONFIG_HWMON]

In most cases at least Intel Core/Core2/Atom temperature sensor (SENSORS_CORETEMP) should be enabled for Intel based systems or CONFIG_SENSORS_K10TEMP (AMD) should be enabled for AMD based systems.

Installation of sysmond

Install sysmond by running the following commands: 

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Configuring sysmond

Boot Script

Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysmond init script included in the blfs-bootscripts-20241209 package. 

make install-sysmond

Config File

By default the configuration file is /etc/sysmond.conf but it can be changed by passing --config-file <filename> on the command line. Initially all of the configuration items are commented out and the defaults specified there are used.

Contents

Installed Programs: sysmond
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None