[SOLVED] temperatures in conky

Question

I'm having trouble getting conky to display my CPU temps. sensors says this:
# sensors
it8718-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.38 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +2.13 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.26 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in3: +2.98 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +0.70 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.10 V)
in5: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
in6: +1.49 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in7: +3.07 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in8: +3.23 V
fan1: 1216 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
fan2: 1205 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
temp1: -55.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: -2.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp3: +31.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +80.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
cpu0_vid: +0.000 V
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +45.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +36.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +37.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +37.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
The examples I've seen on the forum (like this excellent post #4 from [vEX])  all show the it87 modules reporting temp1, temp2, temp3, etc. as "Sys temp" or "CPU temp," which then makes it pretty clear. But here I'm guessing 31C is the system/motherboard temp, and that shows up fine with hwmon 0 temp 3 as expected.
But I can't find what is reporting these coretemp-isa values, or how I would get them into conky. I searched through the conky variables page but didn't see anything related to isa or cpu temps  reported this way (coretemp-isa, etc.) The xfce sensors plugin lists them as "coretemp-0" "coretemp-1" etc.  On a whim I tried adding those in with the platform variable (eg: platform it8718 coretemp-isa-0000 (or just coretemp-0, etc.)}), and all kinds of other combinations, but needless to say it didn't work. The it87 directories don't seem to show those values either:
ls /sys/module/it87/drivers/platform:it87/it87.656
alarms in0_alarm in2_min in5_max modalias pwm3_freq temp2_type
bus@ in0_input in3_alarm in5_min name subsystem@ temp3_alarm
cpu0_vid in0_max in3_input in6_alarm power/ temp1_alarm temp3_input
driver@ in0_min in3_max in6_input pwm1 temp1_input temp3_max
fan1_alarm in1_alarm in3_min in6_max pwm1_enable temp1_max temp3_min
fan1_input in1_input in4_alarm in6_min pwm1_freq temp1_min temp3_type
fan1_min in1_max in4_input in7_alarm pwm2 temp1_type uevent
fan2_alarm in1_min in4_max in7_input pwm2_enable temp2_alarm vrm
fan2_input in2_alarm in4_min in7_max pwm2_freq temp2_input
fan2_min in2_input in5_alarm in7_min pwm3 temp2_max
hwmon:hwmon0@ in2_max in5_input in8_input pwm3_enable temp2_min
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Last edited by userlander (2009-01-28 14:02:34)

Answer 1

Hi Folks,
I have the coretemp and it87 type chips and was using the method of lunch_box and sparky to get the temps in conky.   After reading fphillips's  post  I started hunting around in /sys/ and playing with .conkrc.  On my box:
${hwmon 0 temp 1} refers to /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_input 
and
${hwmon 4 fan 1} refers to /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon4/device/fan4_input
So I now use $hwmon in .conkyrc which should preform a little better than execi and sensors.
sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +59.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +57.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +52.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +53.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
[SNIP]
fan1: 1161 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
fan4: 2657 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
[SNIP]
.conkyrc
[SNIP]
color1 F9F966
color2 FF7F50
color3 87CEFF
color4 7FFF00
color5 87CEFA
default_color Chartreuse
default_outline_color Dark Cyan
default_shade_color Dark Cyan
[SNIP]
${color1}CPU0:$color ${cpu cpu0}% ${cpubar cpu0 5,85}${alignr 10}${color2}${hwmon 0 temp 1}$alignr${color1}${cpugraph cpu0 32,120 104E8B FF7F50 -t}
${color1}CPU1:$color ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1 5,85}${alignr 10}${color2}${hwmon 2 temp 1}$alignr${color1}${cpugraph cpu1 32,120 104E8B FF7F50 -t}
${color1}CPU2:$color ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2 5,85}${alignr 10}${color2}${hwmon 3 temp 1}$alignr${color1}${cpugraph cpu2 32,120 104E8B FF7F50 -t}
${color1}CPU3:$color ${cpu cpu3}% ${cpubar cpu3 5,85}${alignr 10}${color2}${hwmon 1 temp 1}$alignr${color1}${cpugraph cpu3 32,120 104E8B FF7F50 -t}
${color1}Fan 1: ${color2}${hwmon 4 fan 1} RPM ${color1}Fan 4: ${color2}${hwmon 4 fan 4} RPM
[SNIP]