hwmon device ordering -> problem showing temperature in conky

mezkov · 2012-07-05 09:22:21

My conky sometimes refuses to show CPU temerature. That is because it gets it from file "temp1_input" which is normally located in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/ , but sometimes after computer reboot it shows up in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/ . It is evident, that the problem is ordering hwmon devices, which seems to be random. Is there any way to force ordering to be always the same?

slamhound · 2012-07-05 10:51:14

That happened to me before; I think the problem was that there were two modules that were being loaded and they weren't always loaded in the same order. I only actually used one, so I blacklisted the other, and then the correct information would always show up in hwmon0. Here's a post from when I was on ubuntu; adjusting for Arch should be straightforward.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1610061

Of course, if you need the other module, then this solution won't work.

8472 · 2012-09-30 16:35:32

I also have this problem, that hwmon ID changes randomly.
I've found a nice solution elsewhere: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/136314/#p136314
Works great, my example:
Temp:${if_existing /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/temp2_input}${alignr}${hwmon 0 temp 1}C${else}${alignr}${hwmon 1 temp 1}C${endif}

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#1 2012-07-05 09:22:21

hwmon device ordering -> problem showing temperature in conky

#2 2012-07-05 10:51:14

Re: hwmon device ordering -> problem showing temperature in conky

#3 2012-09-30 16:35:32

Re: hwmon device ordering -> problem showing temperature in conky

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