Thomas Bächler wrote: > 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.
I'll check it out. Thanks much! DR _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
