Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: 1999/11/17

>I've seen postings requesting/suggesting X-utilities to monitor
>the core temperature of the CPU.
>Are there any command-line programs that can do this?
>I wish run this on my workstation at school so that it can mail-out
>a warning message to my home address in case the CPU temperature
>goes above a certain threshold.

Actually, there is a shell script that does just that… It comes with the lm_sensors package , under the progs/daemon directory. If there are any alarms, it will send an email to the specified person.

Unfortunately, the temp3 line on my Asus P2B says the following: temp3: +208.5c (limit = 80.0 C, hysteresis = +75.0 C).

(Obviously incorrect). The other two temp readings look accurate, and can be confirmed by and looking that the temp in the BIOS …

So count me out for the alarm notification (untill this gets resolved, anyway) <G>.

Chuck Frost