how to find cpu temperature fedora 13?

Question

My laptop seems to be running SUPER HOT. Is there a command to ask for the CPU temp from the terminal?

Solution 1

You want sensors from the lm_sensors package.

Solution 2

Use sensors command from lm_sensors package to find the CPU temp.

Comments

[Ramy]

pardon my ignorance, but what is the lm_sensors package? Do I need to install it? How can I use it? I was expecting a command like >check CPU

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

It's a package in the normal Fedora repo. It may already be installed on the system. You use it by running sensors.

[vtest]

A good addition to this answer are GUI apps that can talk to sensors. gkrellm, conky etc. Running one of these permanently doesn't hurt.

[leif81]

yum install lm_sensors

[Talespin_Kit]

"sensors_detect" may be required before "sensors" command