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diff --git a/README.in b/README.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6755576 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.in @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +heatload VERSION - CPU Load and ACPI Temperature Monitor +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Copyright 2002 +Lennart Poettering <mz686561746c6f6164@poettering.de> + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at +your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU +General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This Gnome utility produces nice looking realtime graphs for the +current CPU load and ACPI temperature of your Linux machine. It is +nice for monitoring the direct relation of the former to the latter. + +The reason I developed this program was that the ACPI implementation +of my laptop seems to be broken, and I needed a simple way to +determine when the machines became too hot. + +Requirements +------------ + +As of version 0.1 you need a Linux kernel 2.4 with a fairly recent +ACPI patch. (I used 20020308) Without this patch, the utility will not +recognize your temperature sensor. Starting with 0.2, I added support +for plain 2.4.18-Kernels (and some kernel versions prior) with ACPI +20011018 based on a patch by Ian Morgan. lm_sensor-devices are not +supported. (Somebody wants to send me a patch?) + +For compiling you need a recent g++ with Gtk-- and Gnome-- +installed. I did my development with 1.2.8 resp. 1.2.2. + +Development +----------- + +Development was done under Debian GNU Linux Woody for i386 from March +2002. The used machine was a Medion 9580-F laptop. + +Installation +------------ + +Run "make" for compiling the program. You might want to install it +permanently on your system by issuing "make install" as root. This +install the heatload executable to /usr/local/bin/. For removing this +installation you might want to try "make deinstall" as root. + +Internet +-------- + +You may find up to date releases of this utility on + http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/heatload/ + +You may download this release from + http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/heatload/heatload-VERSION.tar.gz + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Lennart Poettering <mz686561746c6f6164@poettering.de>, 2002 |