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| - | =====How to install the System Information page on VortexBox 2.3===== | + | =====How to install the System Information page on VortexBox 2.3 or 2.4===== |
| The System Information page provides useful information about the VortexBox system configuration and status. | The System Information page provides useful information about the VortexBox system configuration and status. | ||
| It has been a useful feature in past releases of VortexBox. | It has been a useful feature in past releases of VortexBox. | ||
| - | However, it is not yet available in the official VortexBox 2.3 release. | + | However, it is not available in the official VortexBox 2.3 or 2.4 releases. |
| - | Here's how to install the system infomation page (phpsysinfo) on VB 2.3. These notes show how to install the package. | + | Here's how to install the system infomation page (phpsysinfo) on VB 2.3 or VB 2.4. These notes show how to install the package. |
| You can also add an icon for phpsysinfo to the VB GUI home page; see the last section for details. | You can also add an icon for phpsysinfo to the VB GUI home page; see the last section for details. | ||
| - | Note: if you have a VortexBox Appliance that uses the OEM repository instead of the Fedora repositories, these instructions won't work. | + | Note: if you have a VB 2.3 VortexBox Appliance that uses the OEM repository instead of the Fedora repositories, these instructions won't work. |
| You will have to switch from using the OEM repo to the Fedora repos. | You will have to switch from using the OEM repo to the Fedora repos. | ||
| See http://vortexbox.org/forum/vortexbox/help/59630-hddtemp-in-sysinfo-not-quite-working?p=59642#post59642 for more info. | See http://vortexbox.org/forum/vortexbox/help/59630-hddtemp-in-sysinfo-not-quite-working?p=59642#post59642 for more info. | ||
| - | 1. Login to your VortexBox; see Login. | + | 1. Login to your VortexBox; see [[VortexBox Command Line]]. |
| - | If this is the first time you are installing the System Information page on VB 2.3, continue with step 2. | + | If this is the first time you are installing the System Information page, continue with step 2. |
| If you are upgrading to a newer version from a previous install, skip to step 5. | If you are upgrading to a newer version from a previous install, skip to step 5. | ||
| 2. Install the hddtemp and lm_sensors packages: | 2. Install the hddtemp and lm_sensors packages: | ||
| + | ===VortexBox 2.3:=== | ||
| <code>yum install hddtemp lm_sensors</code> | <code>yum install hddtemp lm_sensors</code> | ||
| + | ===VortexBox 2.4:=== | ||
| + | <code>dnf install hddtemp lm_sensors</code> | ||
| 3. Enable and start the hddtemp daemon, which monitors hard drive temperatures: | 3. Enable and start the hddtemp daemon, which monitors hard drive temperatures: | ||
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| Hopefully, you will see the System Information page. | Hopefully, you will see the System Information page. | ||
| You can change the appearance of the page by selecting a template from the menu at the top of the page. | You can change the appearance of the page by selecting a template from the menu at the top of the page. | ||
| - | There are 9 templates to choose from: aqua, clean, cream, idash, jstyle_blue, jstyle_green, nextgen, phpsysinfo, and two. | + | There are 11 templates to choose from: aqua, blue, clean, cleansyn, cream, idash, jstyle_blue, jstyle_green, nextgen, phpsysinfo, and two. |
| Try different templates and pick one you like. phpsysinfo is the default, but I like aqua better. | Try different templates and pick one you like. phpsysinfo is the default, but I like aqua better. | ||
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| If there are other changes to iconlist.php, you'll have to redo step 2 on the new version of iconlist.php. | If there are other changes to iconlist.php, you'll have to redo step 2 on the new version of iconlist.php. | ||
| - | 5. In a browser, go to the VB GUI web page http://vortexbox-ip. | + | 5. In a browser, go to the VB GUI web page http://vortexbox or http://vortexbox-ip. |
| You should see the phpsysinfo icon with the label "System Information". | You should see the phpsysinfo icon with the label "System Information". | ||
| Click the icon. A new tab should open with the phpsysinfo page. | Click the icon. A new tab should open with the phpsysinfo page. | ||