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.

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