Re: CPU temp

Barnacle Bill the Sailor wrote:
So all you fine and knowledgeable folks do tell. Is there a Gnome or KDE
widget, or any doo dad that I can use in an X session that displays the
CPU temp? Presuming that your bios can measure it, which mine does, but
so far I can only actually view it from the BIOS settings screen or a
quick peek when the info scrolls by on boot/POST. I say widget since I
would like to drop it into the tray where all the other toys go. (Using
Gnome at least.) Using 10.2 with the 64 bit kernel and 32 bit base
system available.
The CPU temperature is measured by a sensor and should be passed to ACPI. If it is, and it's passed correctly, you can get it easily from any program that reads ACPI data - I use acpiw, which also displays fan status, trip points, etc.

But if the temperature is /not/ passed to ACPI correctly (as was the case on this machine) then you need all this sensors stuff. In that case you also need to learn about the DSDT.

The fact that the BIOS reads the correct temperature does not mean that ACPI gets it.

Dave
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