Mangohud works really great for this inside a game, but outside of that I am not sure what to turn to check temps at idle.
I would prefer a GUI tool (QT since I am on Plasma), but I am also comfortable with the terminal. What are you all using?
Mangohud works really great for this inside a game, but outside of that I am not sure what to turn to check temps at idle.
I would prefer a GUI tool (QT since I am on Plasma), but I am also comfortable with the terminal. What are you all using?
The default system monitor application that comes with KDE can do this. You will need to click the “edit page” button in the top right, and create a custom layout that shows all the sensors you want. Here is mine:
You can display the data using pie charts, text, line charts, etc.
Once you create your layout, you can even turn it into a widget that you can have on your desktop or drop into your taskbar.
Nice I had no idea, thanks for the tip
Are these dashboard exportable / importable at all? If so can you share you config files?
They are, though the sensors are hardware specific. So while I could export and send you this particular page, it likely won’t show any temps and fan rpms, as the associated hardware wouldn’t be there.
A lot of stuff does work though, like the application list and network graphs, so I could export it for you tomorrow if you like.
Or I could just explain more about how to configure it, it’s really not that complicated. For a display item, you basically just need to pick a display mode (line graph is good for temps) and then add what sensors you want displayed in it. Everything else is just visual tweaks you don’t have to touch.