a way to check my laptop temperature?

[heyyy]

i mean graphic card(nvidia) and cpu(intel centrino)

[unutbu]

Install the lm-sensors package, then open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and type

sudo sensors-detect

Say yes to all the questions, and then, to check the laptop temperature, type

sensors

(You might get a bit of information the first time; more information after you reboot).

[heyyy]

Install the lm-sensors package, then open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and type

sudo sensors-detect

Say yes to all the questions, and then, to check the laptop temperature, type

sensors

(You might get a bit of information the first time; more information after you reboot).

thanks can i have something like a gadget on my screen showing this?

[Paqman]

thanks can i have something like a gadget on my screen showing this?

Try installing sensors-applet, it'll let you add an applet to a panel.

[unutbu]

If you are using a gnome panel, you can install the sensors-applet package, then right-click on the gnome panel and select "Add to Panel". Add the "Hardware Sensors Monitor" applet.

You can configure what it displays by right-clicking the applet and selecting "Preferences".

Also, some Ubuntu users like to use the conky package to custom design monitors that live in the background root window. This is a world and adventure unto itself. A tempurature monitor can be displayed by conky as well. For an example of stuff people do with conky, see

http://conky.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html
and this venerable megathread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865


If you are interested in trying this and have time to kill, here is a
HOWTO Guide

[superprash2003]

i use the command acpi -t for cpu temp

[Mikael P.]

I just found this applet but I got stuck when trying to customize it. For some reason I only get access to my graphics card temperature. There are no options for adding the CPU.
All the requirements where a bit beyond me (I am learing this ubuntu stuff).
How do I go about adding controls for displaying my CPU too?

[unutbu]

Have you installed lm-sensors and run "sudo sensors-detect"?
(as described in post #2).

[Mikael P.]

RTFM. no I hadn't done that. Cheers for bearing with me.
It works fine now!