critical temperature reached

[Phil Dobbin]

On 01/21/2013 09:10 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:

> On 21/01/13 06:52, Thufir Hawat wrote:
>> from /var/log/syslog:
>>
>> Jan 20 21:05:08 dur kernel: [ 3372.987672] thermal_sys: Critical
>> temperature reached (63 C), shutting down
>>
>>
>> Can I get thermal_sys, and presumably it's either this or something
>> similar:
>>
>> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
>>
>> Can I get thermal_sys to report anything pegging the cpu beforehand it
>> reaches critical (is there a category before critical?) and limit that
>> process to prevent this?
>>
>> Or, can I watch thermal_sys somehow?
>>
>> I was thinking of something like top, except just reporting the single
>> top process and if the cpu temp is nearing critical and that process
>> stays at the top, then that's the one to throttle down.  Something like
>> that?
>>
>> Although I've seen another approach of limiting any one process from
>> taking up more that a certain amount of the cpu:
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=992706
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Thufir
>>
>>
> Thufir,
> The best way to monitor your temperatures is using the lm-sensors
> package (sudo apt-get install lm-sensors). You can have it as an applet
> on your panel (I use a hidden side panel only for temperature
> monitoring) and your best monitor friend gkrellm (apt-get install
> gkrellm). I don't know of course if it works with Unity as I have never
> used it but work with xfce which is an excellent X-window manager.
> (and of course cleaning your fans regularly!!)
> My suggestions,

Psensor works with Unity & is in Synaptic/apt/Software Centre.

Sits along the top menu bar next to volume, dat, etc, etc.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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