Bug 151777

Version:           1.2.0 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

My system is slightly dated - an ASUS A7n266-VM with an AMD XP 1800+ processor. When I loaded up Ksysguard, I couldn't find any option for tracking temperature data. Googling and IRC help led to the following page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto#

The first comment on that page applied to my Gutsy install:

"In Gutsy the process to configure lm-sensors is much simpler. I installed lm-sensors and sensors-applet, ran sudo sensors-detect (and said yes to everything). It asks if I want it to automatically add the modules to /etc/modules, I said yes. Then restart to get the modules (one could do some modprobing, but just restarting is easier) . Then I added the sensor applet to my panel."

My results were:

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
i2c-amd756
# Chip drivers
w83781d
#----cut here----

sudo modprobe i2c-amd756
sudo modprobe w83781d

After running modprobe, I could get an option to track "Hardware sensors" in Ksysguard. The sensor names are rather cryptic though: M/"B_Temp" apparently indicates the motherboard temperature and so on.

Thanks!