How To Find Out Fan Speed Via Software

[Brian Chadwick]

Robert L Cochran wrote:
> Is there a way to find out the cpu fan speed through software -- a 
> shell script or other utility maybe? I'd like some way to monitor cpu 
> fan speed and get a notification if the fan quits unexpectedly.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Cochran
>
install the hardware sensors --------  yum install lmsensors


configure the sensors -------------- sensors-config

type sensors .. u will get a list of voltages and rpms and temperatures