David Rosenstrauch wrote: > I can't seem to get correct ACPI info on 2 separate Arch boxes. Both > are fairly recent Dell desktops, and I see ACPI info appear in dmesg, so > I'm pretty certain that the systems are ACPI capable. But much of the > /proc/acpi tree is empty. e.g. /proc/acpi/thermal_zone has nothing in > it. Consequently, I can't monitor temperature or fans on either box. > > Anyone know what I might be overlooking? Scouring through google and > the Arch forums didn't seem to turn up anything relevant.
Many machines don't present fan and temperature information via ACPI, but ruther via i2c. You need lm_sensors and load the right kernel modules (in most cases they aren't autodetected). Please refer to the lm_sensors documentation for further information. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
