FC3: MB and CPU temp/ other Sensors

[David Hoffman]

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:41:05 -0500, David Niemi <drn_temp2 at rogers.com> wrote:
> I have read the documentation on the LM_sensors to no avail and the
> sensors man page doesn't help much as well. Searching the archives
> hasn't helped nor other web pages that I managed to find.  Also as I see
> a slightly older version of sensors has been installed I tried the
> listed commands to try and get the sensors to monitor especially my
> CPUs.
> 
> I have Dual Nacona 3.2 GHz Xeons on an ASUS NCCH-DL motherboard with
> stock air cooling and I'd like to monitor the CPU temperatures
> (presshots etc, ya' know).  I have some limited Linux experience but
> none with sensors.
> 
> Questions:
> - Will the installed package read sensor chips and report them in FC3?
> - Is there simplified, detailed instructions available? or
> - Can someone post enough command information to get me started?
> - Finally, does anyone know if this software works with my HW
> combination?
> 


You might want to look at the lm-sensors web site. They maintain some
good information about which motherboards and chipsets work, as well
as better documentation:
http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/index.html