Is there a Temparature monitor application for Ubuntu 11.10?

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How to get sensor readings for recent hardware?

On Windows 7 I have got Asus Probe, which came with my ASUS P5QPL-AM Motherboard Drivers DVD. It monitors disk speed, fan speed, Processor Temperature etc.

Is there such a alternative on Ubuntu 11.10 ?

Solution 1

We can simply do this by installing "Xsensors":

http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/xsensors

This application will install "lm-sensors". If the addon is not selected there, you need to select it.

After you install xsensors, you need to configure lm-sensors.

To do so, open Terminal and run:

 sudo sensors-detect

just press ENTER for everything it suggests. Lastly it will show whether to add what it finds to /etc/modules. Hit Enter again and you are done.

Now open Dash and search for xsensors.

Solution 2

There is an app indicator that shows it on the top panel:

Application Indicator showing hardware sensors.

For 11.10:

First add the repository:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:alexmurray/indicator-sensors 

Update:

sudo apt-get update  

And then install the package:

sudo apt-get install indicator-sensors

Then run indicator-sensors

For 12.04:

This command should download from launchpad and install it for you:

cd /tmp ; a=$(uname -p) ; if [[ "$a" = "x86_64" ]] ; then wget https://launchpad.net/~alexmurray/+archive/indicator-sensors/+files/indicator-sensors_0.1-1_amd64.deb ; else https://launchpad.net/~alexmurray/+archive/indicator-sensors/+files/indicator-sensors_0.1-1_i386.deb ; fi ; chmod +x /tmp/indicator-sensors_0.1-1* ; sudo dpkg -i /tmp/indicator-sensors_0.1-1*

Comments

[Uri Herrera]

askubuntu.com/questions/53762/how-to-use-to-use-lm-sensors

[Curious Apprentice]

@Uri Herra: What are CONS of using LM Sencors ? Does it have any bad effect on hardware ? Will it work on Ubuntu 11.10 Unity Desktop ?

[Curious Apprentice]

@Uri: You should have posted it as an answer. Ok neways thanks. I have answered my own question. Hope this will clear things to someone.

[Uri Herrera]

Not really, I wouldn't say it was a full answer, It was a merely a comment.

[Curious Apprentice]

@ Desgua: It says no Active sensors !

[desgua]

Go to preferences and select the sensors you want.