XPost: alt.os.linux.mageia, comp.sys.raspberry-pi   
   From: no_reply@dipl-ing-kessler.de   
      
   On Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:53:07 +0000 William Unruh wrote:   
      
   If you look into the source, you see that hddetemp has nothing to do with   
   systemctl. It relies on smartctl. If this hangs, then something is wrong   
   with your hardware.   
      
      
   > Tried it on a system with and external drive inside a usb converter, and   
   > the systemctl command simply hangs. ^C cannot free it, but sudo killall   
   > hddetemp did kill it.   
   >   
   >   
   > On 2022-09-17, Markus Robert Kessler    
   > wrote:   
   >> Hi everyone,   
   >>   
   >> maybe this info is helpful for someone:   
   >>   
   >> With "hddtemp" there's a tool out, capable of monitoring harddisks'   
   >> temperature. This may help to prevent them from heat death.   
   >>   
   >> Unfortunately, hddtemp (every version I know of) can only access   
   >> internal drives. External ones can not be read. Don't know why.   
   >>   
   >> So, I developed a little workaround and called it hddetemp (e for   
   >> external, also). It is now also tested under Raspbian OS.   
   >>   
   >> Here you see the difference:   
   >>   
   >> [542 root@rpi-inst /]# hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sda: Generic External:   
   >> S.M.A.R.T. not available   
   >>   
   >> [543 root@rpi-inst /]# hddetemp /dev/sda /dev/sda: Hitachi   
   >> HTS545016B9A300:      25 (Min/Max 16/43)°C   
   >>   
   >> If you find this helpful, you can get it from here:   
   >>   
   >>     https://www.dipl-ing-kessler.de/developer/freigabe/hddetemp   
   >>   
   >> Best regards,   
   >>   
   >> Markus   
   >>   
   >>   
      
      
      
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