lm-sensors reading wrong

[saturni]

after a clean install of kubuntu 11.10, i installed lmsensors. i'm using the kde hardware temp widget. my core temps are reading fine but my acpi temps are not. temp is 51 degrees F. i believe that the acpi temps are displaying Celsius but the widget says it is displaying in Fahrenheit. the widgets display graph is reading beneath the green. any ideas on how to get it to read correctly? also, how do i configure lmsensors to read in Celsius instead of farenheit?

[doctordruidphd]

Re: lm-sensors reading wrong

run the sensors command and see what the output is.

man sensors

will give you details. If the output of sensors is correct, then the problem lies with the widget.

[saturni]

Re: lm-sensors reading wrong

ran sensors in konsole,

Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +10.0°C

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +35.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +35.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

there is no way that 10.0C is correct. the sensors are displaying a reading in the widget. the widget temp fluctuates with cpu demand from around 48C to 55C. but it is displaying in F. also, there is no way that the virtual temp is 10.0C.?? i don't understand what happened. worked just fine in previous install of K11.10.

also, after install i completed a kernel bug workaround: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/linux...issue-fix.html. i've done this before with no problems. i don't have an overheat problem as you can see from my core temps above. the problem is an incorrect display of the acpi and lmacpi thermal sensors.

i've purged lmsensors, did sudo update, rebooted, and reinstalled lmsensors, ran detect-sensors, sudo update reboot. ive done this three times and i still have this problem.

my machine is an HPg71 notebook

CPU:
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz
GPU:
Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Audio:
ALSA Timer Device
Audio:
ALSA Sequencer Device
Audio:
HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog)
Audio:
HDA Intel(HDA Intel ALSA hardware specific Device)
Audio:
HDA Intel
Audio:
HDA Intel (HDMI 0)
Network:
Loopback device Interface
Network:
AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
Network:
RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller

running kubuntu 11.10-64bt with kde4 or whatever comes bundled with 11.10

[doctordruidphd]

Re: lm-sensors reading wrong

did you add the lines

it87
coretemp

to /etc/modules?

You might also try running sensors-detect to see if it is really detecting the sensor.

If all this doesn't help, then you may need to file a bug report against lm-sensors.