software tools for monitor CPU temperature?

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Dear OpenSUSE experts,

Is there any tools available for monitoring CPU temperature? I am using OpenSUSE 12.3 64 bit OS with KDE.

I tried gkrellm, but, it only shows temp1 for CPU and I do not even know what temp1 is. The CPU has 4 cores, so, shouldn’t I have 4 temperature readings? Also, it is not clear me how to configure gkrellm for my motherboard.

On the MS windows side, there are quite a bit of tools available for monitoring CPU temp and much more. Is there any tool available for OpenSUSE like the tools on MS Windows?

Pei-Ying

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Do you have sensors installed?

stefan@linux-sw:~> sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter 
Physical id 0:  +41.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)
Core 0:         +35.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)
Core 1:         +41.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)
Core 2:         +37.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)
Core 3:         +39.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C)
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You need to configure lm_sensors. In a terminal, enter

su -
sensors-detect
/etc/init.d/lm_sensors restart

Go with the defaults when prompted. To test it, just enter ‘sensors’ in the terminal. Check gkrellm again and you should see a new list in the built-in sensors.

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On 2013-06-13 21:16, phsieh2005 wrote:
>
> Dear OpenSUSE experts,
>
> Is there any tools available for monitoring CPU temperature? I am
> using OpenSUSE 12.3 64 bit OS with KDE.

gkrellm

> I tried gkrellm, but, it only shows temp1 for CPU and I do not even
> know what temp1 is. The CPU has 4 cores, so, shouldn’t I have 4
> temperature readings? Also, it is not clear me how to configure gkrellm
> for my motherboard.

Right click on top, choose configure. Only CPU sensors are initially
available. Then you need to install the package “sensors” and then run
“sensors-detect” on a terminal. After that, try the command “sensor” in
that same terminal; if the temps are there, restart gkrellm. If not, and
you have enabled the service printed in the output, reboot.

I have 10 sensors displayed, and I don’t show all. Temps, fans, voltages…

> On the MS windows side, there are quite a bit of tools available for
> monitoring CPU temp and much more. Is there any tool available for
> OpenSUSE like the tools on MS Windows?

Look at the applets of your desktop.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

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Also,

  1. If you’re running KDE, there are a ton of widgets created that will display various system metrics, including CPU temperature (simply rt-click an empty space on your Desktop, select “Unlock Widgets” then “Add Widgets” A ribbon panel will appear at the bottom of the display, browse and drag whatever you want on to the Desktop.

  2. If you’re running on any kind of Enterprise hardware, you can install hardware OEM management tools. HP provides SUSE rpms, I’d expect other major manufacturers like Dell should, too.

Since I don’t need to monitor my CPU temp <all> the time, sensors works fine for me to do spot checks. Note that you can also use OEM tools to monitor GPU (eg nVidia rpms) and there is an nVidia KDE widget.

HTH,
TSU