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      seh2000
      last edited by

      @stephenw10:

      The problem could be that the kernel modules attached to a post in this thread used the .txt extension.
      For some reason this causes a problem when they are downloaded corrupting the file.
      If you attach binaries with the .png extension this won't happen.

      Steve

      Thanks Steve, where from can I then get the file?
      Cheers Steen

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Here is the coretemp.ko file from FreeBSD 8.1 release (386).
        Remove the .png extension. The file should be 8054 bytes.

        Steve

        coretemp.ko.png

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        • pttP
          ptt Rebel Alliance
          last edited by

          Greatly sorry, changed to zip, now is OK  ( http://ptt.4mg.com/pfSense/ )

          You have:

          coretemp32.zip–> inside amdtemp.ko & coretemp.ko  ( FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386 )

          coretemp64.zip--> inside amdtemp.ko & coretemp.ko ( FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-amd64 )

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            seh2000
            last edited by

            @stephenw10:

            Here is the coretemp.ko file from FreeBSD 8.1 release (386).
            Remove the .png extension. The file should be 8054 bytes.

            Steve

            Hi Steve!

            BINGO!
            IT WORKS!
            Thanks so much!
            Steen

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              seh2000
              last edited by

              @ptt:

              Greatly sorry, changed to zip, now is OK  ( http://ptt.4mg.com/pfSense/ )

              You have:

              coretemp32.zip–> inside amdtemp.ko & coretemp.ko

              coretemp64.zip--> inside amdtemp.ko & coretemp.ko

              Hello ptt!
              Many thanks!
              As per other post it now works for me!
              Steen

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                seh2000
                last edited by

                OK, as attached shows dashboard now shows my CPU temp.  ;D  ;)
                Thanks to everyone here!
                Steen

                ![Screenshot pfSense Dashboard w Temp.jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screenshot pfSense Dashboard w Temp.jpg)
                ![Screenshot pfSense Dashboard w Temp.jpg_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screenshot pfSense Dashboard w Temp.jpg_thumb)

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                  RedRep
                  last edited by

                  @ptt:

                  Greatly sorry, changed to zip, now is OK  ( http://ptt.4mg.com/pfSense/ )

                  You have:

                  coretemp32.zip–> inside amdtemp.ko & coretemp.ko  ( FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386 )

                  coretemp64.zip--> inside amdtemp.ko & coretemp.ko ( FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-amd64 )

                  Thank you for hosting them :)

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                    Micro
                    last edited by

                    Hi Guys,
                    I'm still trying to make the coretemp module working but it seems I'm doing something wrong because it still doesn't work  :'(.
                    I extracted the coretemp.ko from the FreeBSD 8.1 distribution iso and put it to /boot/kernel through a SCP connection authenticated as root.
                    run the kldload command and tried the command sysctl -a | grep temperature but it returns nothing.

                    I had no error when typing "kldload coretemp" so it should works !!!

                    My pfsense box is a Watchguard Firebox X700 hardware which runs on Intel Celeron 1200MHz.
                    This CPU should be supported by coretemp no ?

                    Please Help me.

                    Thanks in advance for your support.

                    The biggest security issue is …. you !!!

                    HW : Watchguard Firebox x700
                    CPU : Intel Celeron 1.2GHz
                    RAM : 256MB

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                      seh2000
                      last edited by

                      @Micro:

                      Hi Guys,
                      I'm still trying to make the coretemp module working but it seems I'm doing something wrong because it still doesn't work  :'(.
                      I extracted the coretemp.ko from the FreeBSD 8.1 distribution iso and put it to /boot/kernel through a SCP connection authenticated as root.
                      run the kldload command and tried the command sysctl -a | grep temperature but it returns nothing.

                      I had no error when typing "kldload coretemp" so it should works !!!

                      My pfsense box is a Watchguard Firebox X700 hardware which runs on Intel Celeron 1200MHz.
                      This CPU should be supported by coretemp no ?

                      Please Help me.

                      Thanks in advance for your support.

                      Try with the core temp file Steve posted here - I used that one and it worked.
                      Steen

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                        asterix
                        last edited by

                        If you are using SCP to transfer the file.. ensure that you transfer the file in binary format. I had similar issue with WinSCP.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          @Micro:

                          My pfsense box is a Watchguard Firebox X700 hardware which runs on Intel Celeron 1200MHz.
                          This CPU should be supported by coretemp no ?

                          The coretemp driver only supports Intel Core cpus and newer.  ;)

                          You have to use mbmon for older hardware such as the X700, which is Pentium 3 age.

                          Steve

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                            serangku
                            last edited by

                            Awesome …

                            I have to try this on my own box

                            thanks

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                              seh2000
                              last edited by

                              @asterix:

                              If you are using SCP to transfer the file.. ensure that you transfer the file in binary format. I had similar issue with WinSCP.

                              With the file from Steve I had no issue even when using WinSCP…
                              Steen

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                                seh2000
                                last edited by

                                Anyone had success to get all 4 temperatures to be shown in the dashboard?
                                That would really be neat.
                                Also, will an snapshot update break everything?

                                Steen

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                                  RedRep
                                  last edited by

                                  A snapshot would require you to re-edit the function file, other than that it will be fine.

                                  Displaying multiple cores will take a little work.  I've only programmed in Java before and I haven't really had time to sit down and take a look as far as exactly what needs to be added functionality wise.  Right now, the function file returns true/false as far as if you can get temp and the cpu temp itself.  It would need to return the number of cores and the temperatures of each core.

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                                    seh2000
                                    last edited by

                                    @RedRep:

                                    A snapshot would require you to re-edit the function file, other than that it will be fine.

                                    Displaying multiple cores will take a little work.  I've only programmed in Java before and I haven't really had time to sit down and take a look as far as exactly what needs to be added functionality wise.  Right now, the function file returns true/false as far as if you can get temp and the cpu temp itself.  It would need to return the number of cores and the temperatures of each core.

                                    Yep, just did the latest snapshot update, so back to the editing board :)
                                    Cheers Steen
                                    Update:
                                    After the snapshot update I had to recopy the coretemp.ko file to /boot/kernel/, then edit the system_information_widget.php file and edit the functions.inc.php file then I was back to "normal".

                                    Cheers Steen

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                                      Micro
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10:

                                      @Micro:

                                      My pfsense box is a Watchguard Firebox X700 hardware which runs on Intel Celeron 1200MHz.
                                      This CPU should be supported by coretemp no ?

                                      The coretemp driver only supports Intel Core cpus and newer.  ;)

                                      You have to use mbmon for only hardware such as the X700, which is Pentium 3 age.

                                      Steve

                                      Thanks for the info Steve !!!

                                      Now I have installed the mbmon package and I'm able to get system informations like FAN RPM, CPU and chipset temp from shell.
                                      I've modified the Get_Temp function code in the system_information.widget.php as follow :

                                      
                                      function get_temp() {
                                      $temp_out = "";
                                      exec("mbmon -c1 | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $2 }' | /usr/bin/cut -d ',' -f 1", $dfout);
                                      $temp_out = trim($dfout[0]);
                                      
                                      return $temp_out;
                                      
                                      ```}
                                      
                                      This works fine in the shell.
                                      
                                      I created the file /boot/loader.conf.local with "coretemp_load="yes"" inside (even if I'm not really sure that in my case it will be useful).
                                      
                                      At this time, the "system information" widget in the dashboard of pfsense doesn't show the cpu temp.
                                      Is there anything else to do when using mbmon instead of coretemp to make temperature info working ?
                                      
                                      Thanks for your support.
                                      
                                      Micro.

                                      The biggest security issue is …. you !!!

                                      HW : Watchguard Firebox x700
                                      CPU : Intel Celeron 1.2GHz
                                      RAM : 256MB

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        I phrased that badly.
                                        I've only ever used mbmon from the command line.
                                        It would be nice to have it work with the GUI though.

                                        Steve

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                                          Micro
                                          last edited by

                                          Oups,
                                          I mean I modified the code in the function.inc.php file, not in system_information.widget.php

                                          Micro.

                                          The biggest security issue is …. you !!!

                                          HW : Watchguard Firebox x700
                                          CPU : Intel Celeron 1.2GHz
                                          RAM : 256MB

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                                            Cino
                                            last edited by

                                            I'm not a programmer but a couple of months ago we had a topic about about supermicro boards with ipmi builts.. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,34056.30.html  Anyways, I copied the diag_system_activity.php page and change some of the code to display ipmi-sensors. I just did the same with coretemp. Its not on the dashboard but you can access it via the web interface.

                                            Remove the .txt and upload it to /usr/local/www and you can access it via http://pfsense/diag_coretemp.php

                                            To add it to the Diagnostics tab, add this to your config.xml:

                                            
                                             <installedpackages>[...]
                                            
                                            <menu>
                                            			<name>Core Temps</name>
                                            			<tooltiptext>Core Temperatures</tooltiptext>
                                            			Diagnostics
                                            			<url>/diag_coretemp.php</url>
                                            		</menu>
                                            
                                            		[...]</installedpackages> 
                                            
                                            

                                            coretemp.jpg
                                            coretemp.jpg_thumb
                                            diag_coretemp.php.txt

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