Re: how to check temperature on my desktop
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 07:36 pm, H. S. wrote:
> Just wondering how to check temperature on my desktop. On a laptop I
> use "acpi -V" to see the temperaute.
>
> I was checking my desktop's(running Debian Sarge and kernel 2.6.9)
> motherboard's specs and notice it could be supporting temperature
> sensors. However, the boot log in /var/log/sys shows:
>
> ACPI: Processor [CPU] (supports C1)
> ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
>
> and those are the only two lines containing ACPI. What does mean?
>
> I have these modules loaded:
> thermal
> fan...
> button
> processor
> ac
> battery
>
> In /proc/acpi the following directories are emtpy(didn't check the
> others): thermal_zone
> fan
> ac_adapter
> and others
>
>
> This is what I get when I try to get information:
> $> acpi -V
> No support for device type: thermal
>
>
> So, how do I go about checking my CPU's(see below) temperature? And
> how do I confirm that my desktop really supports temperature reading?
>
> thanks,
> ->HS
>
> PS:
> > cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 15
> model : 1
> model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.90GHz
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 1917.206
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr
> pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
> bogomips : 3801.08
Use sensord/sensors in user space and, I2C/LMsensors, in your kernel.
ACPI isn't relevant, afaik.
--
Greg C. Madden
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