HOW TO: Install and configure lm-sensors

[glósóli]

that first post of November 2004 is still updated and valid?

I don't want to engage myself in something outdated, just to discover after endelssly errors that that howto was quite old!

I'm on Ubuntu 7.10...

thank you!

[Rafa.Supr]

I only had to install lm-sensors with synaptic, after that run the command sensors-detect and a reboot. It worked like a charm!

[Gourgi]

I only had to install lm-sensors with synaptic, after that run the command sensors-detect and a reboot. It worked like a charm!

i tried that and k8temp loaded but the other module it didnl't
so i followed the guide and everthing seems ok now (w83627hf module loaded fine )
so the guide is valid for me
time to reboot know!

[OffHand]

that first post of November 2004 is still updated and valid?

I don't want to engage myself in something outdated, just to discover after endelssly errors that that howto was quite old!

I'm on Ubuntu 7.10...

thank you!

Still works...

[tmcmulli]

Not sure if anyone answered you... try the i2c variable... (${i2c tempf 2})

That should get you your CPU...

$acpitemp always says 32F in conky, what is the name of my CPU sensor?

heres my output of sensors

ryan@ryan-desktop:~$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:
             +31°C

w83627ehf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore:     +1.17 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +1.74 V) 
in1:      +12.20 V  (min =  +4.49 V, max =  +1.69 V) ALARM
AVCC:      +3.22 V  (min =  +0.02 V, max =  +2.66 V) ALARM
3VCC:      +3.22 V  (min =  +2.51 V, max =  +0.46 V) ALARM
in4:       +2.04 V  (min =  +1.13 V, max =  +1.90 V) ALARM
in5:       +1.61 V  (min =  +0.02 V, max =  +0.16 V) ALARM
in6:       +5.17 V  (min =  +1.00 V, max =  +0.18 V) ALARM
VSB:       +3.22 V  (min =  +2.83 V, max =  +0.26 V) ALARM
VBAT:      +0.66 V  (min =  +3.78 V, max =  +0.18 V) ALARM
in9:       +1.54 V  (min =  +0.14 V, max =  +0.06 V) ALARM
Case Fan:    0 RPM  (min =  263 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
CPU Fan:     0 RPM  (min =   76 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
Aux Fan:  2327 RPM  (min = 2636 RPM, div = 4) ALARM
fan5:        0 RPM  (min = 24107 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
Sys Temp:    +30°C  (high =  -111°C, hyst =  -124°C)   ALARM
CPU Temp:  +25.5°C  (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)  
AUX Temp:  +25.5°C  (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)

i thought it would be k8temp but that does not work, what am i doing wrong here?

[DirtDart]

Guide still works like a charm!

To be honest, I didn't realize that the 1st post was 3+ years old until AFTER I followed it (nice attention to detail, huh?), but it worked without any problems.


Thanks again for posting this guide.

[mysticmatrix]

Worked for me in Gutsy...
But my Intel DG965RY reported sensors only for the CPU temp... Hmnn that's odd

[mackid]

Hi,

The guide worked for me, but I don't know which temperatures are my CPU! I have an Athlon 64 X2 4000, socket AM2, and an MSI motherboard.

I'm running Ubuntu 7.10:

$ uname -a
Linux hostname 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 05:28:27 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Here's the output from sensors:

$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:
             +34°C
Core0 Temp:
             +23°C
Core1 Temp:
             +28°C
Core1 Temp:
             +25°C

w83627ehf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore:     +1.30 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +1.74 V) 
in1:      +12.51 V  (min = +13.46 V, max = +11.77 V) ALARM
AVCC:      +3.30 V  (min =  +3.12 V, max =  +2.61 V) ALARM
3VCC:      +3.30 V  (min =  +4.08 V, max =  +4.03 V) ALARM
in4:       +2.04 V  (min =  +0.98 V, max =  +1.98 V) ALARM
in5:       +1.61 V  (min =  +1.53 V, max =  +1.35 V) ALARM
in6:       +5.09 V  (min =  +6.07 V, max =  +4.48 V) ALARM
VSB:       +3.30 V  (min =  +3.82 V, max =  +3.04 V) ALARM
VBAT:      +3.22 V  (min =  +1.57 V, max =  +1.92 V) ALARM
in9:       +1.61 V  (min =  +1.94 V, max =  +1.34 V) ALARM
Case Fan:    0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 128)
CPU Fan:  1730 RPM  (min = 5532 RPM, div = 4) ALARM
Aux Fan:     0 RPM  (min = 3515 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan5:        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 128)
Sys Temp:    +33°C  (high =   -71°C, hyst =  +122°C)  
CPU Temp:  +49.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, hyst = +95.0°C)  
AUX Temp:  +51.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, hyst = +95.0°C)

The core temps seem a lot lower than the CPU Temp, and the temps for the same core differ by a lot as well (34C and 23C, same core!?) Which is correct? Could someone inform me? Thanks a lot.

[dcstar]

Hi,

The guide worked for me, but I don't know which temperatures are my CPU! I have an Athlon 64 X2 4000, socket AM2, and an MSI motherboard.
........
Here's the output from sensors:

$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:
             +34°C
Core0 Temp:
             +23°C
Core1 Temp:
             +28°C
Core1 Temp:
             +25°C
.........

The core temps seem a lot lower than the CPU Temp, and the temps for the same core differ by a lot as well (34C and 23C, same core!?) Which is correct? Could someone inform me? Thanks a lot.

I have just installed the same CPU on an Asus MB (replacing a Sempron 3400 which seemed to report temps ok) and have similar weird core temps.

Doing a web search seems to show this as a known problem, and it may be fixed in the new lm-sensors 3.0 package - we will just have to wait for the Ubuntu/Debian developers to start using this new package.

[Epic Plecostomus]

Got my sensors up and running... what choices do i have as far as graphical output for Im-sensors? Xsensor is nice but I would prefer somthing I can minimze to a bar and set my own alarm bands for.