How can I read CPU temperature

ankit4u1 · 05-24-2007, 04:42 PM

Hi,

I want to display few metrics of my CPU like CPU occupancy, CPU temperature, CPU throughput and power consumption !

How can i do that in C/C++?

I tried to google, but in vain !! any help would be appreciated ! thanks in advance

ankit

HappyTux · 05-24-2007, 05:06 PM

You could look at the code that interfaces with libsensors/lm-sensors for either gkrellm or ksensors if you are looking for something to monitor them instead of writing your own then installing lm-sensors running the sensors-detect script and using either of the mentioned programs will do it. This of course assumes that you sensor chip(s) on the motherboard is/are supported by lm-sensors the have their own mail list that you could post to at lm-sensors.org.

bigearsbilly · 05-25-2007, 03:27 AM

it's in /proc somewhere

also see man acpi

gizmo_thunder · 05-30-2007, 01:48 AM

man proc

provides information about what /proc filesystem contains.
Go through it you might find it useful.