[mythtv-users] Tracking temperatures and fan speeds in mythweb status

Harry Devine lifter89 at comcast.net
Wed Sep 23 12:11:41 UTC 2009


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 09/22/2009 09:15 PM, Harry Devine wrote:
>   
>> Matt Beadon wrote:
>>     
>>> After a recent thermal scare I started looking into thermal
>>> monitoring.  In the process I re-wrote myth_sensors.pl (since it
>>> didn't work on my system) as myth_sensors.py.  As much as anything it
>>> was an exercise in learning python but I figured with a few comments
>>> it could be useful to other people.
>>>
>>> It could use some html formatting in the output (in particular I'd
>>> like it to line up the colons) but I'll leave that as a homework
>>> exercise.  ;)
>>>
>>> To use this script check the prerequisites below, drop it someplace
>>> on your system, and add the path in
>>> mythtv-setup->General->Miscellaneous Settings->Miscellaneous Status
>>> Application
>>>       
>> I just tried using it but it crashes my mythbackend.  I tailored it
>> for my hard drives and CPUs, and it runs from the command line, but
>> when I put it into the mythtv-setup section that you mentioned, and go
>> to the backend status page on Mythweb, the backend crashes and I
>> eventually get some PHP errors.  I didn't go to the System Status page
>> on the frontend since I use Mythweb for as much as I can.
>>
>> Not a big deal I thought I'd mention it.  Its definitely a nice little
>> utility.
>>     
>
> I would love to see a backtrace of the segfault, as nothing you run as a
> miscellaneous status application should ever be able to take down the
> backend.  If it does so, I'd really like to fix mythbackend.
>
> Mike
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>   
Sure, I'll try it again and see what happens.  I don't recall getting a 
backtrace or any debug information, but I was only tailing the backend 
log.  How should I get the information for you?

Thanks,
Harry



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