On Sat, March 31, 2007 3:07 pm, Gus Wirth wrote:

> It depends on your processor and motherboard and the desktop (GNOME,
> KDE, etc). If you have a Pentium processor, you can usually get the
> temperature through the /proc file system. On my laptop, which has a
> Pentium M, I can read the temp by doing:
>
> $ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
>

That works. 25C right now.

IIRC, some fans only go on as needed. What temp is "needed"?

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