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11-10-2007, 04:28 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2007
Location: Moscow
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 13
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How to get CPU temperature in linux
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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11-10-2007, 04:32 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Slackware64 13.37
Posts: 4,089
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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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11-10-2007, 07:10 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: in a fallen world
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 22,916
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If your machine uses ACPI...
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature
Cheers,
Tink
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11-11-2007, 03:17 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2007
Location: Moscow
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinkster
If your machine uses ACPI...
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature
Cheers,
Tink
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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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11-12-2007, 03:11 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: england
Distribution: FreeBSD, Debian, Mint, Puppy
Posts: 3,211
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take the cover off and put your finger on it
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11-13-2007, 04:28 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Colorado
Distribution: FC6, FC7 x86_64
Posts: 218
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigearsbilly
take the cover off and put your finger on it
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Writting the man page for that would be way too complicated 
Keith |
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02-03-2010, 03:04 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2009
Location: Lower S10b0v1a
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 4
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Slight ACPI path change
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinkster
If your machine uses ACPI...
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature
Cheers,
Tink
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On my 2010 Debian Lenny system, the path is:
proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature |
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02-03-2010, 08:46 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Mariposa
Distribution: Debian lenny, Slackware 12
Posts: 806
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigearsbilly
take the cover off and put your finger on it
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A clear case of the act of measuring affecting the result, unless your finger has a specific heat of 0. |
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02-13-2010, 12:49 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2010
Posts: 1
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In Ubuntu try...
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05-13-2010, 03:54 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2010
Location: Odessa, Ukraine
Distribution: openSuSe 11.1
Posts: 1
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Thx! Also i'll tell U, that on my OpenSusu 11.1 works both:
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
acpi -t
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08-09-2010, 02:36 AM
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Registered: Jun 2010
Location: India
Distribution: Redhat
Posts: 68
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Take the Thermometer and check it...
it will work..........
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08-09-2010, 07:48 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Sep 2009
Distribution: Arch x86_64
Posts: 6,443
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Quote:
Originally Posted by raviteja_s
it will work..........
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Is that a joke or spam? Do you realize this thread is a few months old? |
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04-28-2011, 12:51 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2010
Posts: 1
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Moving towards /sys
As /proc is being deprecated you can check your system's temp with acpi -t as it's been said or with "cat /sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXTHERM\:00/thermal_zone/temp". Result is given in mēC (The thermometer you might be interested in might not be in that exact path).
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04-28-2011, 01:08 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Hanover, Germany
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
Posts: 12,522
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tduglas
Linux laptop 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
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According to your kernel version you are still using Debian Etch. Etch is not supported anymore (no security updates) since February 2010. I would strongly recommend to upgrade at least to Lenny, better to Squeeze. |
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04-28-2011, 01:39 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,604
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TobiSGD
According to your kernel version you are still using Debian Etch. Etch is not supported anymore (no security updates) since February 2010. I would strongly recommend to upgrade at least to Lenny, better to Squeeze.
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Hi,
while this is good advice I just want to point out that this is a resurrected thread that was started in 2007 ...  |
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