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#1 2009-07-10 20:23:08
- chunk08
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Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
Does anyone know of a 'top' style command line program for monitoring ACPI? I'm thinking of writing one, perhaps adding support for manual CPU frequency scaling etc, but I'd like to see if anything is out there first.
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#2 2009-07-10 21:02:11
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Re: Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
/edit: oops, forget it, wrong thread
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#3 2009-07-10 21:03:10
- Malstrond
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Re: Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
Which part of ACPI do you mean?
For monitoring power consumption, there is powertop, which also shows info about the CPU's current multiplier and sleep state. The cpufreq-utils are used to manage the kernel's behavior concerning changing the multiplier, there is also a userspace governor if you want to control it manually. yacpi is a CLI tool to show battery status. There are many GUI tools that deal with these functions too, i.e. the Xfce or Gnome power managers. Buttons are managed by acpid.
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#4 2009-07-10 21:24:50
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Re: Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
I was specifically thinking of things like monitoring temperature, CPU frequency, battery capacity/charge/runtime, and AC power status. I'll look at the tools you posted.
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#5 2009-07-10 23:10:47
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Re: Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
I can't think of any tool that does all the things you mentioned on the console. I think that if you contributed such a tool it would come in quite handy. I say go for it 
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#6 2009-07-11 00:18:24
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Re: Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
I was specifically thinking of things like monitoring temperature, CPU frequency, battery capacity/charge/runtime, and AC power status. I'll look at the tools you posted.
yacpi (which Malstrond already mentioned) does exactly that, and no more. Just remember to use the "-l" switch so that it updates regularly.
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#7 2009-07-11 00:38:28
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Re: Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
Perhaps you can use some of yacpi's code...or heck, start a fork - that's how things are done in the OSS world 
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#8 2009-07-11 19:24:40
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Re: Command line (top-like) ACPI monitoring?
Alright, so yacpi does what I'm looking for. I might still fork it and make a slightly more general monitoring program (CPU usage, time etc.) I was using conky, but it eats so much CPU itself that it's next to useless, though cool looking.
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#9 2009-07-11 20:57:18
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