[ltp] Overheating again

Nicolas Dufresne linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 06 Jul 2005 10:14:15 -0400


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Using recent ibm-acpi do the trick (i'm using 0.11).
    watch cat /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
Search google to know what each number mean ...
Le mercredi 06 juillet 2005 à 10:59 +0200, Bob Hentges a écrit :

> Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> > Hi,
> 
> Hi there
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > Then, I think they can't handle the
> > fact that I was able to monitor CPU speed and temperature on both Linux
> > and Windows
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I am sorry to ask an off-topic question, but as I am unable to resolve 
> my problem...
> 
> I have tried to monitor my CPU temperature, and installed as I did it 
> many times in the past, lm-sensors. However, even before the package was 
> installed, I got a warning, that if this was an IBM Thinkpad, I shall 
> ctrl-c right away, as there apparently is a real danger to trash some 
> part of your notebook, while it scans for sensors (IIRC).
> 
> Now, as you seem to have found a way to monitor the CPU temperature on a 
> IBM Thinkpad, I would be glad to know how you did it, so that I could 
> check my CPU temperature as well. To give some information on my 
> platform: I got a T42p running Ubuntu.
> 
> Kind regards
> -- 
> Bob Hentges a.k.a. maradong
> URL:    http://bob.hentges.lu/


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Nicolas Dufresne <Nicolas.Dufresne@USherbrooke.ca>
Étudiant en informatique, Université de Sherbrooke

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Using recent ibm-acpi do the trick (i'm using 0.11).<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; watch cat /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal<BR>
Search google to know what each number mean ...<BR>
Le mercredi 06 juillet 2005 &#224; 10:59 +0200, Bob Hentges a &#233;crit :
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Nicolas Dufresne wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; Hi,</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi there</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">&lt;snip&gt;</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; Then, I think they can't handle the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; fact that I was able to monitor CPU speed and temperature on both Linux</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; and Windows</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">&lt;snip&gt;</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">I am sorry to ask an off-topic question, but as I am unable to resolve </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">my problem...</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have tried to monitor my CPU temperature, and installed as I did it </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">many times in the past, lm-sensors. However, even before the package was </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">installed, I got a warning, that if this was an IBM Thinkpad, I shall </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ctrl-c right away, as there apparently is a real danger to trash some </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">part of your notebook, while it scans for sensors (IIRC).</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Now, as you seem to have found a way to monitor the CPU temperature on a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">IBM Thinkpad, I would be glad to know how you did it, so that I could </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">check my CPU temperature as well. To give some information on my </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">platform: I got a T42p running Ubuntu.</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Kind regards</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-- </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Bob Hentges a.k.a. maradong</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">URL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://bob.hentges.lu/">http://bob.hentges.</FONT>lu/</A>
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