CPU temp (dell dimension 8110)

Question

Alright, I've searched high and low and cannot seem to find an answer. Is my system capable of reading the cpu temp or not?
lm-sensors reports the driver is in the `to-be-written` stage, There's nothing in /proc/acpi other than a file called 'wakeup'.. /proc/cpuinfo doesn't have any details regarding temp (not that it would). I swear I think I have tried everything out there, that's why I'm asking here as a last resort. Maybe I missed something (hopefully) or can possibly get a confirmation on wether or not this thing is able to read the temp.
sensors-detect
Driver `lm75':
* Bus `i915 gmbus disabled'
Busdriver `drm', I2C address 0x4a
Chip `National Semiconductor LM75' (confidence: 3)
Driver `to-be-written':[n1x4]-[~/bin]
* ISA bus, address 0xc00
Chip `SMSC LPC47M182 Super IO Fan Sensors' (confidence: 9)
[n1x4]-[~/bin]
>> sudo modprobe lm75
[n1x4]-[~/bin]
>> sensors
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
[n1x4]-[/proc/acpi]
>> ls -a
. .. wakeup

Answer 1

See here for instructions on setting up CPU frequency scaling, which you absolutely want on a laptop to save power and keep it cool (you may want to lower the up_threshold down to something like 15 to avoid a performance loss).
There's a few dell packages in the repos and the AUR and one of those might help you control fan speed (you could also check the BIOS).
Last edited by thestinger (2010-12-07 18:51:38)