acpi -t not working, any idea why?

[KabirGandhiok]

Hi,

I just installed acpi, wanted to check the system temperature, so I ran command acpi -t and it didn't show anything. All the other acpi commands work, except the -t option and I wonder why. Doing acpi -t just brings back the command prompt without any information. Does anyone know why this could be happening?

Thanks!
K

[Habitual]

Installed from what source? (Software Manager or Synaptic, I HOPE)
What version of LM?
What Desktop?

I just installed it and ran it

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acpi -tf
Thermal 0: ok, 85.6 degrees F
Thermal 1: ok, 82.0 degrees F

[KabirGandhiok]

Thanks for responding Habitual.

I did sudo apt-get install acpi
acpi version - 1.7
LM 17.2 Cinnamon
Lenovo laptop, AMD graphics, i5 processor

If I do acpi -t or even acpi -tf, I get no output, this is what I get -

kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ acpi -tf
kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ acpi -tf
kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ acpi -v
acpi 1.7

Copyright (C) 2001 Grahame Bowland.
2008-2012 Michael Meskes.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ acpi -t
kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ acpi -tf
kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $

[Habitual]

Strange you get a version but no data before that.

I don't know, sorry.

[KabirGandhiok]

Well, I couldn't get it to work, so I removed it. On a side note, is it better / safer to download software on mint using synaptic or the software manager instead of apt-get install?

[Habitual]

Well, I couldn't get it to work, so I removed it. On a side note, is it better / safer to download software on mint using synaptic or the software manager instead of apt-get install?

apt-get install is the equivalent to the Software Manager and I use either of those.
New users should IMO use the graphical Software Manager or the Graphical Synaptic.
Synaptic I only use to Lock Versions, but this can be done via command-line also.

It's totally a matter of preference.

[KabirGandhiok]

apt-get install is the equivalent to the Software Manager and I use either of those.
New users should IMO use the graphical Software Manager or the Graphical Synaptic.
Synaptic I only use to Lock Versions, but this can be done via command-line also.

Thanks!

[Habitual]

You are welcome.
Have you tried lm-sensors?

Equivalent info from the output:

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sensors -f
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +82.0°F  (crit = +210.2°F)
temp2:        +85.6°F  (crit = +210.2°F)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +161.6°F  (high = +176.0°F, crit = +208.4°F)
Core 0:        +156.2°F  (high = +176.0°F, crit = +208.4°F)
Core 1:        +156.2°F  (high = +176.0°F, crit = +208.4°F)
Core 2:        +161.6°F  (high = +176.0°F, crit = +208.4°F)
Core 3:        +158.0°F  (high = +176.0°F, crit = +208.4°F)

and for the first adapter, I run

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sensors acpitz-virtual-0 -f
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +82.0°F  (crit = +210.2°F)
temp2:        +85.6°F  (crit = +210.2°F)

compared to

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acpi -tf
Thermal 0: ok, 85.6 degrees F
Thermal 1: ok, 82.0 degrees F

Linux is nothing, if not flexible.

[KabirGandhiok]

Thanks!
This is what I get after running sensors -f

kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ sensors -f
radeon-pci-0400
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: N/A (crit = +248.0°F, hyst = +194.0°F)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +105.8°F (high = +221.0°F, crit = +221.0°F)
Core 0: +105.8°F (high = +221.0°F, crit = +221.0°F)
Core 1: +105.8°F (high = +221.0°F, crit = +221.0°F)

kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $

[Habitual]

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sensors radeon-pci-0400 -f

[KabirGandhiok]

Awesome!
Though I still don't get the radeon temperature, I think that's because I'm not using any proprietary drivers.

kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ sensors radeon-pci-0400 -f
radeon-pci-0400
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: N/A (crit = +248.0°F, hyst = +194.0°F)

kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $

[Habitual]

bummer:
Try this:

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sudo smartctl -A  /dev/sda | grep Celsius | awk '{print $10}'

is Celsius.
Let's convert to F

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expr 9 '*' $(sudo smartctl -A  /dev/sda | grep Celsius | awk '{print $10}') / 5 + 32

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sudo smartctl -A  /dev/sda | grep Celsius | awk '{print $10}'
37 # Celsius
expr 9 '*' $(sudo smartctl -A  /dev/sda | grep Celsius | awk '{print $10}') / 5 + 32
98 # Fahrenheit

It's actually 98.6 but "close enough"?

You will need to use sudo for this and the sudo password is good for 10m before the next sudo password prompt.
We can fix that and automate the whole mess in a alias so you'd only have to type

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temp

or something like that to get the output.

It's scary, but in a fun way, like roller-coasters!

If all this is too scary or overly complex, you can install gkrellm and it shows Temperature (here), but I had to configure it.

gkrellm.png

Let me know.

[Habitual]

Or....

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inxi -s

So much easier.

[KabirGandhiok]

Thanks I tried them all, inxi works perfectly. Here are the outputs I get -

smartctl did not work -

kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda | grep Celsius | awk '{print $10}'
[sudo] password for kabir:
sudo: smartctl: command not found
kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $

kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $ inxi -s
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: N/A gpu: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
kabir@kabir-G50-80 ~ $

I wonder why it shows fan speeds as n/a

[Habitual]

Thanks I tried them all, inxi works perfectly....
I wonder why it shows fan speeds as n/a

inxi does the same for me here.

Let's back up one step to acpi...
It seems there is an acpid (daemon) that should be running right after boot.
Check to see if it is, using

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pidof acpid

does your system show a PID after doing so?

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service acpid status

spews out

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status: Unknown job: acpid

so I don't know how that beast is supposed to start.
Power Management feature maybe?

How about a purge using

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sudo apt-get remove acpi --purge

and then re-installing it using

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sudo apt-get install acpi

then test again with

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acpi -tf

Let me know!