lxpanel temperature monitor plugin = -273

[davekimble]

Lubuntu 13.04
The temperature monitor plugin always reads -273 on Intel D2700MUD board. On my other PCs it works fine. I can see where to change the sensor used, but I have no idea what to put in there.

Psensors manages to find the right number automatically, but it doesn't say what it's using, and only displays a thermometer icon in the tray - duh.

[davekimble]

I don't really know what I'm doing, but this is the terminal output of:

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sensors
sudo sensors-detect
less /etc/modules

http://www.davekimble.org.au/sensors-detect.txt

I don't see anything like a path that I could put in temperature monitor plugin. What should be in that Sensor field?

After a reboot, nothing is different, still -273.

[seppalta]

Lxpanel 0.5.10 and later normally has has an applet that reports 5 different temperatures. of which thermal_zone0 is the processor temperature and is the one always shown. You have to run your cursor across the applet icon to see the other 4. These are apparently controlled by the acpi module with files in /sys/class/thermal/. However, I cannot confirm that Lubuntu follows the standard path in this regard.

For a non-solid state hard drive temperature gauge, install hddtemp.

[davekimble]

Thanks - I have lxpanel 0.5.12, but no temperatures are shown as hints when the visible temperature is -273.
/sys/class/thermal/ has 5 symlinks to "cooling_device*", but as this is a fanless system they have no useful information.
Psensor can see Core 0, Core 1, temp1, temp2, temp3, and fan1-5.