Installing Dell I8k Plugin on Slackware 12.2

20 01 2009

The Gkrellm package that comes with Slackware 12.2 doesn’t have the i8k plugin but installing it is simple.  First compile i8kutils then i8krellm . Now from the command line /sbin/modprobe i8k force=1.  Make sure to run gkrellm once before doing a make install of i8krellm in order to create the needed folders.