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    HOWTO: Temperature Monitoring with coretemp in Sysinfo widget

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      show-p1984
      last edited by

      @hisoka01:

      Thanks!! I followed your instructions and successfully added temperature display to sysinfo.  ;) :D ;D
      It seems that there is a "}" omitted in /usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php for the statement "switch(get_hwtype()) { …" in your post. ???

      I just changed cpu to core, since my system display one more value.. :o

      Glad it worked for you :)
      There is no } omitted. I posted the file modifications in the patch format, that means:

      -	switch(get_hwtype()) {
      -		default:
      -			return;
      

      Is to be removed.

      The first character in each line means:

      (nothing) = Do nothing, leave everything as is.

      (minus) = remove this line.

      [+] (plus( = insert this line.

      marked lines from the code in my post you should have your file. :)

      (If you did everything right)

      You can check for your additional value with:

      sysctl -a | grep temperature
      

      This will show you what it is. Maybe your board has a pwm sensor or a nb sensor too.

      Before you ask questions, read and understand this! -> catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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        hisoka01
        last edited by

        I finally discover a { without+- under the for loop, sorry for that~ :o

        "sysctl -a | grep temperature" shows:

        
        hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 26.8C
        dev.cpu.0.temperature: 40.0C
        dev.cpu.1.temperature: 40.0C
        dev.cpu.2.temperature: 45.0C
        dev.cpu.3.temperature: 45.0C
        
        

        If 26.8C indicate CPU temp by another sensor, it seems core temp should be more accurate… :o very big difference indeed :'(

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          fredfred5
          last edited by

          Just configured this on my 2.0.1 amd64 install and its working perfectly  8)

          Thanks!

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            stratoscott
            last edited by

            @show-p1984:

            Give me your whole file after the patch was applied and I can tell you what went wrong.
            Usually something like this is caused by applying a patch to another version of the file. Mine was 2.0.1 amd64, so if you apply the patch to anything else, it is likely to break if the file has changed and you just blindly apply the patch :)

            Hello,
            sorry but I was very busy, I send tot you a pm with the file. It's the same version.
            Thanks

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            • simon24S
              simon24
              last edited by

              Hi!

              I've done exactly like U wrote but it doesn't work…
              I attached my files so u can look if there is something wrong. I'm not getting any errors in any case.

              But when I'm running sysctl -a | grep temperature it doesnt do anything…

              [2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(14): sysctl -a | grep temperature
              [2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(15):
              
              

              I've allready wrote kldload coretemp but if I'm doing it again it will just print a message: File exists

              [2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(15): kldload coretemp
              kldload: can't load coretemp: File exists
              
              

              What's wrong? :)

              system_information.widget.php.txt
              functions.inc.php.txt

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                If you don't get a sysctl value at the command line the widget will never work.
                What cpu do you have?

                Steve

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                • simon24S
                  simon24
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10:

                  If you don't get a sysctl value at the command line the widget will never work.
                  What cpu do you have?

                  Steve

                  AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Not an Intel Core processor hence coretemp won't work.
                    Instead you need the amdtemp.ko module (32bit or 64bit).

                    Steve

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                    • simon24S
                      simon24
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10:

                      Not an Intel Core processor hence coretemp won't work.
                      Instead you need the amdtemp.ko module (32bit or 64bit).

                      Steve

                      Thanks! I didn't realise it was for Intel :)
                      Now it works like a charm! :)

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Yes, the name is a little ambiguous. Glad it worked I've not ever run it myself.  ;)

                        Steve

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                          RocKKer
                          last edited by

                          Works as described, I patched manually. Thanks great work show-p1984!

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                            saxonbeta
                            last edited by

                            I tried this on my system, but it did not work :(. I have a AMD Athlon™ XP 3200+ and I used the amdtemp.ko module.

                            Any sugestions???

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              The amdtemp module supports AMD K8 microarchitecture or newer. The Athlon XP is K7.

                              To get the temperature of earlier CPUs you could try using mbmon. You will have to do some coding to make it work with this widget though.

                              Steve

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                                esnakk
                                last edited by

                                Thanks! This is great and should be included in the default install IMO!!

                                Again, Thanks alot!

                                Cheers
                                E

                                –
                                Cheers,
                                E

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                                  kilthro
                                  last edited by

                                  Hello,
                                  I tried applying the patch that is located in the main post. I downloaded the package system patch and have tried it via command line with the same result. When I test the patch I get errors saying it cant be applied cleanly. Is this due to showp1984 stuff? should it be removed? not that experienced with troubleshooting patches..

                                  Output of full patch apply test:

                                  /usr/bin/patch –directory=/ -t -p4 -i /var/patches/50be92a047646.patch --check --forward

                                  Hmm...  Looks like a unified diff to me...
                                  The text leading up to this was:

                                  |diff -Naur /home/showp1984/Desktop/a/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php /home/showp1984/Desktop/b/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php
                                  |--- /home/showp1984/Desktop/a/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php 2012-08-07 01:01:33.902057913 +0200

                                  +++ /home/showp1984/Desktop/b/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php 2012-08-06 06:13:12.000000000 +0200
                                  No file to patch.  Skipping...
                                  Hunk #1 ignored at 136.
                                  Hunk #2 ignored at 151.
                                  2 out of 2 hunks ignored--saving rejects to a/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php.rej
                                  Hmm...  The next patch looks like a unified diff to me...
                                  The text leading up to this was:

                                  |diff -Naur /home/showp1984/Desktop/a/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/system_information.widget.php /home/showp1984/Desktop/b/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/system_information.widget.php
                                  |--- /home/showp1984/Desktop/a/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/system_information.widget.php 2012-08-07 01:01:27.446742521 +0200

                                  +++ /home/showp1984/Desktop/b/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/system_information.widget.php 2012-08-06 06:10:46.000000000 +0200
                                  No file to patch.  Skipping...
                                  Hunk #1 ignored at 232.
                                  1 out of 1 hunks ignored--saving rejects to a/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/system_information.widget.php.rej
                                  done
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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    I haven't actually tried this but looking at the patch file it's obviously been built against two files on the OPs desktop machine.

                                    Since this is a relatively minor change to only two files I suggest you simply edit the two files manually.

                                    Steve

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                                      kilthro
                                      last edited by

                                      Stephen,
                                      I was able to do the manual edits prior to posting. I was just wondering why the patch wasn't working. It would have just saved me some time editing that's all.  Thought maybe i was doing something wrong with the patch.

                                      btw thanks to the OP for working on this. I do appreciate it. Now if i could just get this info on LCDProc everything would be golden. :-D

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                                        kilthro
                                        last edited by

                                        For some reason i can't get coretemp to automatically load upon reboot. I can ssh over and run kldload coretemp and i am up and running.  I did edit the loader.conf.local and added coretemp_load="yes".  The module is in /boot/modules as well.

                                        Am I missing something else to enable pfsense to load this on boot if i have to reboot the firewall?

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          File permissions perhaps?
                                          Looks like you're doing everything correctly.

                                          Steve

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                                            kilthro
                                            last edited by

                                            @stephenw10:

                                            File permissions perhaps?
                                            Looks like you're doing everything correctly.

                                            Steve

                                            What would i be looking for in relation to file permission? is there a way to test (fake boot process) to see if it would give me an error and why it wouldnt load?

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