Checking CPU temperature
Mark Haney
mhaney at ercbroadband.org
Wed Jun 11 15:45:09 UTC 2008
Paul Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:
>>>>> In the output below, where should I look for the CPU temperature? The
>>>>> value
>>>>>
>>>>> CPU Temp: -2.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor =
>>>>> transistor
>>>>>
>>>>> seems unlikely. Or is -2.0°C realistic?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there some other program to check the CPU temperature?
>>>>>
>>>> cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
>>>>
>>>> This is what I use to check temps if I feel like my sensors widget is not
>>>> right.
>>> Thanks, Mark, but
>>>
>>> $ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
>>> cat: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature: No such file or directory
>>> $
>> Hmm. You don't have ACPI on your system at all? YOu might want to poke
>> around /proc, that metric may be located in a slightly different location
>> than mine, but on all my systems (laptops, desktop, Fedora or Gentoo) it's
>> in that location.
>
> I have just installed acpi with
>
> yum install acpi
>
> but
>
> # cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
> cat: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature: No such file or directory
> # dir /proc/acpi/thermal_zone
> #
>
> Paul
>
Did you start it?
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