Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:00:37 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: how do I read CPU temperature in ACPI? (w/ P5WD2 motherboard) |
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David Madore wrote: > Hi. I apologize for what is surely a stupid question: I understand > that ACPI should be able to tell me what my CPU's temperature is (I > have a sever overheating problem and I am trying to solve it by > underclocking somewhat, but I need to be able to read the temperature > to do anything worth while), but no matter what ACPI modules I load, I > can't find any hint of a CPU temperature reading anywhere below > /proc/acpi (the /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/ directory, for example, > remains empty).
Presumably your motherboard/BIOS doesn't export the temperature as an ACPI thermal zone. This isn't required..
Likely your best bet is lm_sensors if your board has a sensor chip that it supports..
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