Questions tagged [temperature]

For questions regarding the use of Ubuntu software to control or monitor hardware temperature, such as by controlling fan speed or showing readouts.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
2 votes
0 answers
499 views

Ubuntu show Nvidia Card Memory temperature

Is there any tool to show the current (Nvidia) video card's memory temperature (not core temperature)? Something like GPU-Z in Windows.
JYY's user avatar
  • 121
0 votes
0 answers
74 views

CPU Fan Speed 0

So, I am using Asus ROG-GL553VE. It has 8GB RAM and runs on Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows Dual boot. My issue is, that the fans are making way too much noise even when I am not putting any load on the ...
Gopi Manohar Tatiraju's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
4k views

Can't find my CPU temperature anywhere

I built a pc with the new(almost) Ryzen 7 5800x, and I tried multiple thing such as tooling like sensors or glances, to even look into /sys/class/hwmon/ to find something but I really can't find them. ...
Luca Meneghini's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

Lenovo Legion Y520 - Strange Fan speed Fluctatuion at low load with low temp

I have Lenovo Legion Y520 with ubuntu 20.04, with GTX1060 With Nvidia Driver 455.45.01 With Cuda 11.1 installed The Fan Speed Strangely Fluctuates from low speed (low sound) to high speed (high sound) ...
Remon Kamal's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
2k views

Temperature sensors hwmon5 and hwmon6 keep swapping around. How can I consistently monitor devices?

I have a PC (Asus Transformer 3 Pro T303UA) where I am trying to monitor the temperature of various devices (using conky). But on some boot-ups hwmon5 is the WiFi device and hwmon6 is the CPU but on ...
codlord's user avatar
  • 2,496
1 vote
1 answer
132 views

Laptop shuts down directly after boot due to wrong thermal sensor reading

A few seconds after I unlock the boot partition (luks), my laptop just poweres off. In the log I found: kernel: thermal thermal_zone2: critical temperature reached (238 C), shutting down This reading ...
Nick Ehlers's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
1k views

How to get munin to monitor and show CPU temperatures

Ubuntu 18.04 system has kernel module coretemp kernel module installed: % lsmod | grep coretemp coretemp 20480 0 It also has command-line utilities lm-sensors to check temperatures ...
arielf's user avatar
  • 2,823
0 votes
0 answers
138 views

Remapping a fan to work with a different temperature sensor?

I have what seems to be a driver problem on my machine powered by Kubuntu 20.04 LTS. A fan is sporadically driven to full speed and I noticed that when that happens the sensors command reports temp1 ...
datka's user avatar
  • 511
0 votes
0 answers
535 views

lm-sensors, what's the difference between "max" and "crit" temperature?

running sensors -j -u i get, among other things, { "coretemp-isa-0001":{ "Adapter": "ISA adapter", "Core 0":{ "temp2_input": ...
hanshenrik's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
147 views

Aorus Z490 lm-sensors: Did sensors-detect corrupt my temperatures?

in linux I ran sensors-detect, which I now learned is a potentially dangerous program. Fortunately I am 90% confident I accepted all of the defaults. I want to be completely sure. I just got my pc and ...
michael_fortunato's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
710 views

lm-sensors and psensor have different temp1 readings

Using psensor, temp1 reads at around 92 degrees Celsius (and fan spins at around 4000RPM) while lm-sensors' temp1 reading is at 32 degrees. This is the psensor reading. This is the lm-sensors reading. ...
alexandrosangeli's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
333 views

Inappropriate Fan Control on Asus Laptop Ubuntu 20.10 [duplicate]

My Asus laptop running Ubuntu 20.10 constantly overheats and does not appropriately increase the fan speed to accommodate. When searching to see if there was a way I could manually control the fans, I ...
sybeam's user avatar
  • 1
5 votes
0 answers
944 views

What is the new equivalent of sensord?

Sensord is a daemon that can be used to periodically log sensor readings from hardware health-monitoring chips to syslog(3) or a round-robin database (RRD) and to alert when a sensor alarm is ...
Rufus's user avatar
  • 863
0 votes
0 answers
111 views

Laptop Fan Speed Control

Sometimes my laptop's fans are too loud but the laptop itself is at 30c so how can I change it so it ramps up higher when it is at higher temps.
Ibrahim Akgedik's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
3k views

How do I get the motherboard temperature?

I was able to get CPU temperature with lm-sensors. But I don't know how should I get the motherboard temperature.
twk1024's user avatar
  • 11
0 votes
2 answers
3k views

How to reduce cpu max speed?

I'm trying to improve CPU temperatures on a Dell Inspiron 7460 laptop which is a common problem with this particular machine when under reasonable stress (small chassis, badly placed vents, single ...
Tomaz Pablo's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

Not detecting sensors

I tried to detect the sensors, but I couldn't. First I installed lm-sensors. Then I ran the detect-sensor: # sensors-detect revision 6284 (2015-05-31 14:00:33 +0200) # System: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 ...
Berta Viader's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
305 views

Raise the CPU temperature [closed]

Problem: I want to maximize the CPU usage and eventually raise the operating temperature of my CPU. My ultimate goal is to see if I can reach thermal runaway on my Linux device. This is not a full PC, ...
Sreenidhi Yeturi's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
383 views

How to fix Ubuntu 20.04 bogus SSD high temperature notification at every boot?

A notification that happens at every boot states, "Disk Problems Detected. A hard disk is likely to fail soon." Clicking on the notification brings up the additional information that the ...
garya's user avatar
  • 3
0 votes
0 answers
766 views

How is fan/temperature control handled in virtual machines?

When you run a virtual machine, how are fans handled? Are fans real, nonexistent, or emulated? I would guess not all operating systems actually control the fan, and let underlying firmware do that. Is ...
Pixelated Fish's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

CPU overheat and Freeze running Chrome [closed]

I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 with Chrome 85.0.4183.121 (Official Build) (64-bit) on a Thinkpad Yoga 460 laptop with 8GB RAM and 1TB SSD. If I have more than 10 tabs open in Chrome my system often comes to ...
calabash's user avatar
  • 243
0 votes
0 answers
2k views

/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed | Ubuntu 18.04

I've follow this https://askubuntu.com/questions/22108/how-to-control-fan-speed and many others posts and tutorials, but always stop on this error: /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor ...
Just's user avatar
  • 1
1 vote
0 answers
650 views

lm-sensors only detects CPU temperatures, despite runing sensors-detect and loading /etc/modules (Intel i7 7700k + Asus TUF Z270 Mark II)

I am trying to monitor the temperatures and fan speeds of my desktop PC (Intel i7-7700k + Asus TUF Z270 Mark II + GeForce GTX 1060) through lm-sensors but sensors only outputs CPU info. I run several ...
Javier's user avatar
  • 111
1 vote
2 answers
3k views

Error while installing lm-sensors [closed]

While installing lm-sensors (to check CPU temperature) package in ubuntu , i was getting this error message: sirjan@sirjan-MY32BBZ7A:~$ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors sudo apt-get --fix-broken ...
overkill's user avatar
  • 243
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

Does 'sensors' command show accurate temprature of CPU cores?

I am a bit confused about how does sensors command work? My CPU Model is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz When I turn on my laptop it shows me avg 50 degrees centigrade temperature, If I ...
Shahzad Akram's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
3k views

Terminal command to show a summary of memory used, temperature, and GPU use in a single screen, in a simple way

Is there a Terminal command to show a summary of memory used, temperature degrees, and GPU use in a single screen, in a simple way? I want in terminal to give me information in a summary fashion of ...
Estatistics's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
2k views

High CPU temp on boot + Fan noise on Ubuntu/Thinkpad T490

I've recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my Thinkpad T490 and i noticed something strage and different on CPU temperatures on Ubuntu compared to Windows. I don't know why, but on boot the fan spins ...
Benno04's user avatar
  • 53
0 votes
0 answers
713 views

mce: CPU3: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled

I get this error message: mce: CPU3: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled I keep seeing these messages for all four cores on my fanless mini computer, yet the sensor command and i7z ...
Different One's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
1k views

MSI x570 A Pro fan speed and CPU temps are high on ubuntu 18.04 LTS

This is the system i have: MB: MSI x570 A PRO CPU: AMD 3600 (No OC) RAM: 32 GB with X-AMP enabled for 3200MHz (as per specs) PSU: 650W Corsair CPU Colling: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black Running Ubuntu ...
Lalo Staykov's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
383 views

Script to give back highest and lowest cpu temp

I was recently trying to install conky with a custom config, and I wanted a feature that seems to not extst, or at least, as google tells me. I've wrote a simple bash script that reads the cpu temps, ...
fpp's user avatar
  • 1
1 vote
2 answers
2k views

How to decrease overall temperature - Ubuntu 18.04 lts?

Every time that I try to run youtube, any browser, turn on nginx or mysql, the overall temperature of my hardware increases to 60-88 degrees C°. Sometimes it reaches critical value of 90+ degrees. To ...
Dominik Dratvinski's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
3k views

lm-sensors not showing information

After running sensors-detect and using all default settings, when running sensors I do not get a lot of information: schoolbusesc2@desktop:~$ sensors enp4s0-pci-0400 Adapter: PCI adapter PHY ...
Newo's user avatar
  • 330
2 votes
0 answers
1k views

Temperature readings from hddtemp and disks are different

When I run sudo hddtemp /dev/sda I get the following result: /dev/sda: KINGSTON SA400S37480G: 36°C However, at the disks GUI I get a different reading (99°C): Why is there a difference? which one is ...
Bernardo Ferreira Bastos Braga's user avatar
2 votes
2 answers
8k views

Predator Sense on Ubuntu

I have acer Predator helios 300 PH315-51. I wish to shift to Ubuntu full time and remove Windows 10. However the only thing holding me back is the Predator Sense software, which is available for ...
Abhay Patil's user avatar
  • 2,705
3 votes
1 answer
1k views

I downloaded "fancontrol" to bring my computer's temperature down, but what do the different "pwmconfig" parameters actually do?

I would like to increase my fan speed and get my computer to run a little cooler, so I downloaded the "fancontrol" package and ran the sensors-detect along with pwmconfig programs. But even after ...
4232jl's user avatar
  • 33
0 votes
1 answer
435 views

CPU overheating all the time on Asus gl703ge with dual gpu intel and nvidia 1050Ti

After I install Ubuntu on it, the cpus are always on high temperatures even with minimum cpu load. I even removed nvidia drivers to force use only intels, yet it is the same. At this time the load on ...
Prasad Raju's user avatar
5 votes
4 answers
2k views

Lenovo Y540 overheating issue

I have recently increased the size of my Ubuntu /home directory and reinstalled both Windows and Ubuntu on my Lenovo Legion Y540 laptop. Installation went smoothly, but since then I have noticed that ...
jakes's user avatar
  • 145
1 vote
1 answer
552 views

Fan sporadically maxed on wake-up due to unavailable sensor temperature

I'm running Kubuntu on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (4th generation). Since a recent upgrade to 20.04 LTS, I have the following problem. Upon wake-up from standby the laptop's fan is sporadically set ...
datka's user avatar
  • 511
0 votes
1 answer
2k views

lm_sensors command do not detect the sensors on ubuntu desktop

when I run the lm_sensors command to check the temperature of the cores it shows me the following message.if you see the message it says Sorry, no sensors were detected. I use VirtualBox and I ...
Ali Ahmad's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
1k views

lm-sensors stops reading temp1, causes overheating

Once in a while, after waking my laptop from sleep (a Lenovo Thinkpad T440 on Ubuntu 18.04) lm-sensors will fail to read temp1 and as a result, thinkfan seems to think the temperature is low and does ...
Vincent L.'s user avatar
3 votes
3 answers
9k views

Can't monitor CPU temperature using lm-sensors

I installed lm-senosrs and ran sudo sensors-detect. Here is what I get: # sensors-detect revision 6284 (2015-05-31 14:00:33 +0200) # System: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 GAMING X [Default ...
Muhammed Afifi's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
954 views

lm-sensors / psensor shows very high readings for temp5 & temp6 compared to other sensors

Psensor Readings Details about temp sensors upon clicking Preferences I am using Ubuntu 20.04LTS in Thinkpad L380 Yoga. Recently I faced some overheating issues during laptop charging. So I ...
Dhiraj Sarmah's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
270 views

How to decrease nvidia GPU temperature on ubuntu 18.04?

I have ubuntu 18.04 (on dell g5 notebook but it probably does not matter) with installed nvidia 440 driver and I want to decrease GPU performance for decreasing its working temperature. How can I do ...
Marat Zakirov's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
55 views

Laptop temperature issue

I've tried many different flavours of Ubuntu and and all of them make my laptop's bottom hotter than Windows does. I'm running on a 3-4 years old laptop built with a i3-7100U CPU. UPD: At idle, CPU ...
Gargoyle's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
73 views

Ubuntu 18.04.4 screen color temperature keeps reverting

I was using sct earlier and also tried redshift to change the screen color temperature to the desired level. However, now it keeps reverting to the default color for some reason. Although I am aware ...
user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

Acer swift 3 high CPU temperature and fan not running

I've upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. My computer is a Swift-SF314-57 but I am experiencing issues with my CPU (Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1) temperature which is pretty high: iwlwifi_1-virtual-0 Adapter: ...
Elsha's user avatar
  • 1
0 votes
1 answer
348 views

Random freezing on typing or opening softwares // High speed and noisy CPU FAN on Linux distros

I recently buy a new machine with the following config: Ryzen 5 3600x ASROCK A320m-HD. (with lastest bios update) 16gb RAM DDR4 NVIDIA GTX 1660 I installed windows 10, all fine, cool temps and stuff,...
fool1's user avatar
  • 1
1 vote
2 answers
1k views

Inspirion 7k temp low fan high - Ubuntu 20.04

I've installed the last version of Ubuntu (20.04) and I have an issue with my fan : even if my CPU temp is low my fan is working at max speed :( I use sensors to check temp and fan speed : # ...
Number42's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
106 views

I made a mistake by trying to minimize the fan noise, typed "np" when prompted by fancontrol

I am new to Ubuntu Studio and as naive and without experience as I am, I made my first mistake. I have an old iMac mid 2010 with a new SSD with a very noisy fan. So I downloaded lm-sensors and then ...
till's user avatar
  • 1
2 votes
0 answers
5k views

Ubuntu 18.04 /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed

I am using ubuntu 18.04. Notebook 2am E550 With: Intel I5-9400 Nvidia GTX 1050 I already have seem a lot of posts but none of them work. What I've done Installed lm-sensors I've run ...
Destroyeer's user avatar

1 2
3
4 5
12