Re: how to check temperature on my desktop

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Apparently, _Greg Madden_, on 25/11/04 03:31,typed:
> 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.


Yup, that worked. Installed:
gkrellm gkrellm-common hddtemp ksensors librrd0 lm-sensors sensord

which gave the error during dpkg setup:
Starting sensor daemon: sensordError -4 loading sensors configuration 
file: /etc/sensors.conf

But this problem was solved after running sensors-detect (which I guess 
set up all sensord related stuff).

Thanks,
->HS