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Stythys

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2008-05-18

Posts: 878

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laptop temperature

tryin' to find my laptop temp. (HP Mini 311), but not sure how to get it. lm_sensors doesn't work and /proc/acpi/thermal_zone is empty..

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zowki

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From: Trapped in The Matrix

Registered: 2008-11-27

Posts: 582

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Re: laptop temperature

If I'm not wrong you can't access any temperature sensors on a laptop. I don't even think there is one.

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kgas

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From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: laptop temperature

Temperature sensors available on laptop/net book. In Dell min 9 and Acer one also it is there.

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,605

Re: laptop temperature

What's your processor? If it's from the Intel Core family, load the coretemp kernel module, then lm_sensors will give you the temperature. If it's Intel Atom, you need to patch coretemp, but it didn't show the correct temp for me. But I have an Acer netbook, so I can use acerhdf.

lunch_box

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Registered: 2008-10-21

Posts: 16

Re: laptop temperature

Generally with laptops (I think) you can just install the acpi package and then run acpi -t to get the temperature. That method works on my Eee 1000.

Stythys

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2008-05-18

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Re: laptop temperature

I'm getting a no such device error when trying to modprobe coretemp

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Mammut

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Registered: 2009-12-11

Posts: 23

Re: laptop temperature

Hi Stythys

I get the Atom temperature using lm_sensores on a compaq 311c.

Load "sensors" under DEAMONS in rc.conf.

and add this line to your conky file:

${color lightgrey}Processor temperature: $color${execi 30 sensors | grep "Core 0" | cut -d "+" -f2 | cut -c1-6}

Last edited by Mammut (2010-02-22 21:25:55)

graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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Re: laptop temperature

@op did you run sensors_detect?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lm_ … lm_sensors

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