Re: Temp monitor

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel infinity-ltd com>]

Mark Haney wrote:
> I'm looking for a cheap and easy way of monitoring the temp of my
> systems in case our AC unit fails.  The company that makes the Unit was
> $25K for really little more than a SNMP link to the unit.  I was
> thinking just a simple monitor of the temp in
> /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM would do it, but on FC5 servers, there's
> not output there.
> 
> How do I setup ACPI to record that in proc?
> 
You may want to try lmsensors to see if it can read your temp.
Normally ACPI temp configuration is part of the BIOS. Unless there
is a ACPI module specific to your machine (asus_acpi, ibm_acpi,
toshiba_acpi, etc) or a DSDT replacement that adds the options, you
are out of luck on using ACPI to read the temps. (Unless you want to
build your own DSDT...)

Mikkel
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