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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

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CPU temp with acpi or lmsensors?

Which one should I use?

I have a Desktop Dell Inspiron 530n, with Intel Dual Pentiums (which is just a tuned down C2D, physically).

What is the difference between using acpi or lmsensors?

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: CPU temp with acpi or lmsensors?

Use the coretemp module and lm_sensors, it's the least innacurate soution.

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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

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Re: CPU temp with acpi or lmsensors?

Okay, I'm installing lm_sensors, but I'm stuck at this step:

"Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time."

where is this prog/init/lm_sensors.init file exactly?

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

Posts: 5,685

Re: CPU temp with acpi or lmsensors?

look in /etc/rc.d/ you should see sensors add that to daemons in rc.conf ;-)

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Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 3,528

Re: CPU temp with acpi or lmsensors?

If you just want coretemp, then just load it in the modules array in rc.conf. It should show up in sensors after it's loaded. (modprobe coretemp to avoid a reboot)

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