[Gllug] Still interpreting output from "sensors"

John Winters john at sinodun.org.uk
Sun Apr 24 15:14:08 UTC 2005


On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 14:39 +0100, Russell Howe wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 01:19:57PM +0100, John Winters wrote:
> > By default, lm-sensors labels them "M/B temp" and "CPU temp" and once
> > the machine is warmed up they both hover at about 31 degrees C.  As soon
> > as I start, for instance, a kernel compilation the one labelled "M/B
> > temp" leaps up to about 38 degrees C
> 
> Could it not be that they're mislabeled and the labels should be the
> other way round? The behaviour you describe makes me think the 'M/B
> temp' is the CPU temperature.

Yes, I'm rather assuming they're mis-labelled - I'm trying to deduce
what they are from how they behave.

Can I expect the CPU temperature reading to increase that quickly?

John

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