How to read hardware temperatures and other info in Ubuntu

Question

So all the previous answers that I have found pretty much tell me to install lm-sensors. But there is a lot of configuration with it that I find odd. I am sure there are more simpler ways.

For instance I can do cat cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone2/temp and it will print out a temperature. So I guess the thermal-zones in that thermal folder are related to various hardware parts in my computer? But is there any documentation about this? Like how to read them exactly and what devices each zone points to.

Or maybe there is even a better way of doing this?

check this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto — Faizan Akram Dar, Mar 04 '15 at 17:11
I explicitly stated that I would like to find a solution not involving the use of lm-sensors. — inimene, Mar 04 '15 at 17:19
http://www.noobslab.com/2014/08/useful-panel-indicators-collection-for.html
check 20,21,22 and 23 indicator in the posted link — Faizan Akram Dar, Mar 04 '15 at 17:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '15 at 00:31

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Try acpi.

sudo apt-get install acpi

Then run:

 acpi -V

Here are the more options for acpitool:

Ubuntu manpage for acpitool

answered Mar 05 '15 at 00:31

Muzaffar

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '15 at 08:27

After installing lm-sensors you can install, for example, GKrellM.

sudo apt-get install gkrellm

GKrellM is at the right side of the image where it is using invisible skin (downloaded from http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/284.html) in my Ubuntu 14.10. At GKrellM Configuration Panel (Sensors), you can enable each one of temperature sensors that have been founded by lm-sensors.

How to read hardware temperatures and other info in Ubuntu

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