Dual Core Desktop temp monitor

dtw · 2007-01-26 20:11:34

Anyone know a nice monitor that plays well with DEs and will show both of my core temps? -beyond now has support for coretemps, which is required by lm_sensors to read the temps but I have no app to display that on the desktop.

I guess that is doable with conky but that seems to mess up the icons on the xfce desktop - any ideas?

Crooksey · 2007-01-26 20:59:16

Conky ?

Adrynalyne · 2007-01-26 21:03:45

kima works pretty well.

brazzmonkey · 2007-01-26 21:55:03

+1 for kima if you use kde

dtw · 2007-03-11 13:36:36

OK, I have a problem. My MOBO doesn't do thermal in ACPI, that means I can only get my temps through lm_sensors. I have my kernel patched with coretemps, which is great but I dunno how to get that info showing in a desktop monitor. Here is the output from sensors if it helps:

w83627ehf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore:     +1.33 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +1.74 V) 
in1:      +12.09 V  (min = +13.46 V, max =  +9.24 V) ALARM
AVCC:      +3.22 V  (min =  +4.08 V, max =  +3.82 V) ALARM
3VCC:      +3.22 V  (min =  +4.08 V, max =  +3.50 V) ALARM
in4:       +1.63 V  (min =  +2.02 V, max =  +1.53 V) ALARM
in5:       +1.58 V  (min =  +2.04 V, max =  +2.04 V) ALARM
in6:       +5.09 V  (min =  +4.58 V, max =  +6.48 V) 
VSB:       +3.23 V  (min =  +4.08 V, max =  +4.08 V) ALARM
VBAT:      +3.22 V  (min =  +4.08 V, max =  +4.08 V) ALARM
in9:       +1.61 V  (min =  +2.04 V, max =  +2.04 V) ALARM
Case Fan:    0 RPM  (min =   83 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
CPU Fan:   948 RPM  (min =  883 RPM, div = 8)
Aux Fan:     0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 128)
fan5:        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
Sys Temp:    +34°C  (high =   -69°C, hyst =   -70°C)   ALARM
CPU Temp:  +47.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)  
AUX Temp:  +44.5°C  (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
temp1:       +45°C  (high =   +85°C)                     

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
temp1:       +46°C  (high =   +85°C)

dtw · 2007-03-11 14:03:39

Ok, I just had a good chat with a guy in the lm-sensors channel and the only to do this is a hacky script, which I can call from the sys mon. So far I got this:

sensors | grep temp1 | cut -c 15-18

It's a start!

emphire · 2007-04-02 04:51:27

If you're running gnome, sensors-applet is pretty good. I can only get it to display the temperature for one core though (I think it's because lmsensors gives both of them the same label "temp1"). I'm trying to figure out how to get lmsensors to relabel them. You can set alarms with it and stuff too.

There's also computertemp (also a gnome applet) which looks a little prettier and can display temperatures for both cores if you have a dual core. It seems to use a lot of resources for what it does though (it looks like it uses more cpu than my media player (exaile) so I'm using sensors-applet.

I have x86_64 PKGBUILDS for both of them (should probably work for i686 too). Let me know if you want me to post them.

emphire · 2007-04-02 06:05:34

I've figured out how to get gnome sensors-applet to read the tempature of both cores (might make it work for other apps too).

After installing lmsensors and running sensors-config to set it up, add the following to the end of /etc/sensors.conf:

chip "coretemp-isa-0000"
   label temp1 "Core0Temp"
              
chip "coretemp-isa-0001"
   label temp1 "Core1Temp"

Then run

/etc/rc.d/sensors start

as root and add sensors to your daemons in /etc/rc.conf. Or if it was already running just run

/etc/rc.d/sensors restart

Now you should get the following output when you run the 'sensors' command:

$ sensors | grep "Core.Temp"
Core0Temp:   +45°C  (high =   +85°C)                     
Core1Temp:   +45°C  (high =   +85°C)

If you're currently running sensors-applet then you'll want to run

killall -HUP gnome-panel

and your new sensors should show-up. Then right click the sensors-applet and disable the old "temp1" sensor in the preferences and configure the new ones as you see fit.

Edit: fixed a typeo in the /etc/sensors.conf file.

Last edited by emphire (2007-04-02 08:37:30)

paul2lv · 2007-04-02 06:48:19

Awesome! I have been trying to get sensors-applet to recognize both cores of my e6600 for weeks, but never quite figured it out. Until now. Thanks!

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#1 2007-01-26 20:11:34

Dual Core Desktop temp monitor

#2 2007-01-26 20:59:16

Re: Dual Core Desktop temp monitor

#3 2007-01-26 21:03:45

Re: Dual Core Desktop temp monitor

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