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

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