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zaggynl

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 29

Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

I've got toshset running, so the ventilation is okay.
Now to get temps...
I tried lm-sensors, but that only gives me the following:

Trying family `SMSC'...                                     Yes
Found `SMSC LPC47N227 Super IO'
    (no hardware monitoring capabilities)

Is it possible?

vogt

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 389

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

It doesn't look like lm-sensors will work (lots of hardware just doesn't have sensors, or they aren't supported)

acpi might tell you a temperature: try acpi -t

hdparm -H may be able to tell you the temperature of your hdd.

zaggynl

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 29

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

It doesn't look like lm-sensors will work (lots of hardware just doesn't have sensors, or they aren't supported)

acpi might tell you a temperature: try acpi -t

hdparm -H may be able to tell you the temperature of your hdd.

Thanks!

sudo hdparm -H /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 drive temperature (celsius) is:  36
 drive temperature in range:  yes

acpi isn't loaded, module in repo doesn't work:

sudo modprobe acpi
WARNING: Error inserting processor (/lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/kernel/drivers/acpi/processor.ko): No such device
FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

toshiba_acpi fails as well

sudo modprobe toshiba_acpi
FATAL: Error inserting toshiba_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/kernel/drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.ko): No such device

according to this page: http://memebeam.org/toys/ToshibaAcpiDriver I should use this: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile … _id=174260, which is the omnibook kernel module..

But it doesn't compile:

make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-ARCH'
  CC [M]  /home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.o
/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.c:45: error: expected â=â, â,â, â;â, âasmâ or â__attribute__â before âac_driverâ
/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.c: In function â__check_acâ:
/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.c:57: error: âac_driverâ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.c:57: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.c:57: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.c: At top level:
/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.c:57: error: âac_driverâ undeclared here (not in a function)
make[2]: *** [/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211/ac.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/zaggynl/omnibook-2.20070211] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-ARCH'
make: *** [omnibook.ko] Error 2

signor_rossi

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Registered: 2007-08-24

Posts: 257

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

[root@tux inka]# cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ1/temperature
temperature:             44 C

tells me the temperature of the processor on my HP8220.

[root@tux inka]# cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ2/temperature
temperature:             48 C

is my GPU temp

[root@tux inka]# cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ4/temperature
temperature:             20 C

is my fan speed.

I know proc is deprecated, but it still works and didn't remember how to access these values through the Linux ACPI Thermal Zone driver.
Maybe Toshiba uses a similar solution....

Bye, signor_Rossi.

zaggynl

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 29

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

That's cool, but the problem is that I can't get acpi to work, it's not loaded, so there isn't any acpi in /proc

There is APM thought, but I have no idea what it means:

[zaggynl@cpts600 ~]$ cat /proc/apm
1.16ac 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x01 100% 186 min

zaggynl

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 29

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

/bump

Anyone?

zaggynl

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 29

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

/bump

zaggynl

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 29

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

bump, does anyone have experience with this?

$ sudo modprobe acpi
WARNING: Error inserting processor (/lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/kernel/drivers/acpi/processor.ko): No such device
FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

$ sudo tail /var/log/everything.log
Jul  2 17:03:05 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_notify_smm
Jul  2 17:03:05 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_unregister_performance
Jul  2 17:03:05 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_preregister_performance
Jul  2 17:03:05 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_register_performance
Jul  2 17:03:33 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_notify_smm
Jul  2 17:03:34 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_unregister_performance
Jul  2 17:03:34 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_preregister_performance
Jul  2 17:03:34 cpts600 acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_register_performance

Last edited by zaggynl (2008-07-02 15:05:49)

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

APM was a powersaving technology in the days before acpi, it's ancient and not really supported anymore...   Maybe your laptop is too old for acpi?

salo9000

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Registered: 2009-01-24

Posts: 7

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8200 - no way to get temperature reading?

hi zaggynl

i get the FATAL message:

$ sudo modprobe acpi

FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.29-ARCH/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): Device or resource busy

hmmm... cant get the temperatures. i have an hp dv5 laptop with a zm-82 AMD processor.

have tried lm_sensors but they detect nothing and advice to check with ACPI.