Checking CPU temperature

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:
>>>> In the output below, where should I look for the CPU temperature? The
>>>> value
>>>>
>>>> CPU Temp:     -2.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor =
>>>> transistor
>>>>
>>>> seems unlikely. Or is -2.0°C realistic?
>>>>
>>>> Is there some other program to check the CPU temperature?
>>>>
>>> cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
>>>
>>> This is what I use to check temps if I feel like my sensors widget is not
>>> right.
>>
>> Thanks, Mark, but
>>
>> $ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
>> cat: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature: No such file or directory
>> $
>
> Hmm.  You don't have ACPI on your system at all?  YOu might want to poke
> around /proc, that metric may be located in a slightly different location
> than mine, but on all my systems (laptops, desktop, Fedora or Gentoo) it's
> in that location.

I have just installed acpi with

yum install acpi

but

# cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
cat: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature: No such file or directory
# dir /proc/acpi/thermal_zone
#

Paul