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Old 11-10-2007, 05:28 PM   #1
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Question How to get CPU temperature in linux

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Are there any libraries which allow me to get cpu temperature by simple library call?

Can i programmatically measure the heat dissipatiotion by the cpu?
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Old 11-10-2007, 05:32 PM   #2
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Yes to your first question - have a look at http://www.lm-sensors.org/ (although Debian probably provides packages). I'm not sure about the second question...
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Old 11-10-2007, 08:10 PM   #3
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If your machine uses ACPI...

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature


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Old 11-11-2007, 04:17 PM   #4
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If your machine uses ACPI...

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature


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i can only move to /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/.
Linux laptop 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
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Old 11-12-2007, 04:11 AM   #5
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take the cover off and put your finger on it
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Old 11-13-2007, 05:28 PM   #6
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take the cover off and put your finger on it
Writting the man page for that would be way too complicated

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