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-.TH INXI 1 "2021\-01\-28" inxi "inxi manual"
+.TH INXI 1 "2021\-02\-08" inxi "inxi manual"
.SH NAME
inxi \- Command line system information script for console and IRC
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ it has been disabled, if you try enabling it using for example:
\fBhciconfig hci0 up\fR
-and it returns a blocked by RF-Kill error, you can do one of these:
+and it returns a blocked by RF\-Kill error, you can do one of these:
-\fBconnmanctl enable bluetooth
+\fBconnmanctl enable bluetooth\fR
or
@@ -847,25 +847,29 @@ dds rev version to optical drive.
.B \-x \-D\fR
\- Adds HDD temperature with disk data.
-Method 1: if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root
-or if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer):
+Method 1: Systems running Linux kernels ~5.6 and newer should have \fBdrivetemp\fR
+module data available. If so, drive temps will come from /sys data for each drive,
+and will not require root or hddtemp. This method is MUCH faster than using hddtemp.
+Note that NVMe drives do not require \fBdrivetemp\fR.
-.B <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample)
+If your \fBdrivetemp\fR module is not enabled, enable it:
-Method 2: systems running Linux kernels ~5.8 and newer may have drive temp data
-available from /sys. If your system has /sys hwmon drive data, the temps
-will come from /sys data for each drive with that data, and will not require
-root or hddtemp!! This method is MUCH faster than using hddtemp!
+\fBmodprobe drivetemp\fR
-If you see drive temps running as regular user and you did not configure system
-to use sudo hddtemp, then your system supports this feature. Sometimes one type
-of drive will have the /sys temp data, and another won't, it varies widely.
-If no /sys data is found, inxi will try to use hddtemp methods instead
-for that drive.
+Once enabled, add \fBdrivetemp\fR to \fB/etc/modules\fR or
+\fB/etc/modules\-load.d/***.conf\fR so it starts automatically.
-Hint: is /sys sourced, the temps will be to 1 decimal, like 34.8, if hddtemp
+If you see drive temps running as regular user and you did not configure system
+to use sudo hddtemp, then your system supports this feature. If no /sys data is
+found, inxi will try to use hddtemp methods instead for that drive.
+Hint: if temp is /sys sourced, the temp will be to 1 decimal, like 34.8, if hddtemp
sourced, they will be integers.
+Method 2: if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root
+or if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer):
+
+.B <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample)
+
You can force use of \fBhddtemp\fR for all drives using \fB\-\-hddtemp\fR.
\- If free LVM volume group size detected (root required), show \fBlvm-free:\fR
@@ -1203,9 +1207,9 @@ Requires sudo/root and \fBdmidecode\fR.
\- Adds disk partition scheme (in most cases), e.g. \fBscheme: GPT\fR. Currently not
able to detect all schemes, but handles the most common, e.g. \fBGPT\fR or \fBMBR\fR.
-\- Adds disk rotation speed (in some but not all cases), e.g. \fBrotation: 7200 rpm\fR.
-Only appears if detected (SSD drives do not have rotation speeds, for example). If none
-found, nothing shows. Not all disks report this speed, so even if they are spinnning,
+\- Adds disk rotation speed (in some but not all cases), e.g. \fBrotation: 7200 rpm\fR
+or \fBrotation: SSD\fR if positive SSD identification was made. If no rotation or positive
+SSD ID found, nothing shows. Not all disks report this speed, so even if they are spinnning,
no data will show.
.TP