Kernel module 'thermal'

[Andy Green]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I've not had much luck with lm-sensors on this box, so when LXF ran an article 
> on it this month I decided to try again.  The first thing it talks about is 
> the kernel module 'thermal'.
> 
> # lsmod | grep thermal
> #
> # modprobe thermal
> FATAL: Module thermal not found.
> 
> It goes on to say that you can type 'acpi -t' to get the same output:
> 
> acpi -t
> -bash: acpi: command not found
> 
> Perhaps this is why lm-sensors can't get any info?
> 
> Any hints?

It's built into the Fedora kernel

CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y

Try, eg,

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature

Where the * is defined by your BIOS, eg, THR1.

-Andy