How To Find Out Fan Speed Via Software

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 16 January 2008, 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

An oddly named utility that sits on one edge of your screen, called Gkrellm, 
does a fine job of monitoring system stuff like that.

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