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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
