Geting the CPU Temperature under Linux

[Michael Kumm]

Hi,
does anyone know how one would go about reading the CPU temperature, CPU Fan
speed from the motherboards Bios programmatically, under linux (not using
lmsensors), assuming the motherboard
supports this?

I am looking to read this info for an Asus (A7VL-VM) Motherboard under
linux. I know
for windows, asus supplies a dll that has functions to do this. I have not
been able to find any libraries to get this info under linux for an Asus MB.

Thanks in Advance
Mike

 

[Philip Callan]

Hi,
does anyone know how one would go about reading the CPU temperature, CPU Fan
speed from the motherboards Bios programmatically, under linux (not using
lmsensors), assuming the motherboard
supports this?

Not using LM_sensors would be quite a feat, seeing as thats the package that
monitors the diodes.

lm_sensors doesnt do any reporting, its only reading off the sensors. You
need something like GKrellem or the
like to monitor CPU usage/temperatures/rpms.

AFAIK Asus doenst make a specific linux utility, just their windows one.