CPU Temperature Panel on Linpus

I was looking for a tool to complement acerfand to display the temperature of the CPU on the XCFE desktop (panel/taskbar). I couldn't find one for Linpus (there's one for XP). So I decided to try adding one myself and it works great. Here's how I did it:

* sudo yum install xfce4-genmon-plugin
* Create a script /home/user/bin/cputemp.sh that will be called by the plugin. In this case, we get the temperature by using the acer_ec.pl script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
text="`echo $[$(sudo /usr/sbin/acer_ec.pl ?= 58 | cut -f 3 -d\ )]`"
echo "<txt>${text}C</txt>"
echo "<img>/usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps/gnome-monitor.png</img>"
echo "<tool>CPU Temperature is $text Celsius</tool>"
echo "<click>/usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor</click>"

* Edit the parameters for the genmon panel by creating a new file /home/user/.config/xfce4/panel/genmon-1.rc:

Code:

Command=/home/user/bin/cputemp.sh
UseLabel=1
Text=
UpdatePeriod=5000
Font=(default)

* Activate the panel manually by editing the /home/user/.config/xfce4/panel/panels.xml file. Add a genmon line below the tasklist line:

Code:

             <items>
                        <item name="xfce4-menu" id="12260407200"/>
                        <item name="gohome" id="1"/>
                        <item name="tasklist" id="1"/>
                        <item name="genmon" id="1"/>
                        <item name="systray" id="1"/>
                        <item name="xfce4-mixer" id="1"/>
                        <item name="clock" id="1"/>
                        <item name="actions" id="1"/>
                </items>

* Reboot

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Comments/improvements welcomed

 

Hi, this was excellent piece of work! Thanx

Combining the noise control from this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
and your work here has given me a quiet little box.

But I had to modify the /home/user/bin/cputemp.sh slightly to point to location of acer_ec.pl.
(/usr/local/bin/acer_ec.pl instead of /usr/sbin/acer_ec.pl)

Also after changing the panels.xml I noticed it got overwritten on reboot.
but from this link http://blog.lynxworks.eu/?p=281
after saving panels.xml, kill xfce4-panel process, and run xfce4-panelnew

 

Thanks for the tip. I also find that not using an icon with the genmon plugin gives a better display. The other icons in the panel are not overstretched.

BTW, it appears that most plugins at the xfce4 goodies site (http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/start) are installable with yum (repository: updates-newkey).

Here's the list of the ones I like:

Code:

sudo yum install xfce4-genmon-plugin
sudo yum install xfce4-cpugraph-plugin
sudo yum install xfce4-weather-plugin

Then, to activate them, just run the following command

Code:

xfce4-panel -a

and drag-and-drop the selected plugin into the XFCE4 panel.

BTW, to remove a panel you don't like, the best way I found (thanks to the previous tip) was to stop the panel with xfce4-panel -x, remove the appropriate "item" lines in the file /home/user/.config/xfce4/panel/panels.xml and then run xfce4-panelnew.

 

how to do that ?
I've installed the systemload plugin -> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel- ... oad-plugin
it works fine (btw I unflag "text" in plugin setting to save space)

This plusing is very interesting because it show you memory usage (512MB/8SSDthen I would like to avoid swapping.)

but it's uggly with acer taskbar.
how do you tell to use or not icon/default background ?

 

Just edit cputemp.sh to exclude the img-Tag. The plugin will automatically detect the change and display only the text.

Anyway, the genmon-plugin still draws a white box around the text, that doesn't look very nice...

 

I'm lost, I don't know where to find such file !?
I searched for systemload plugin, the file I finally found is /usr/libexec/xcfe4/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin
but it's not a shell file, it an ELF ! :|

 

Take a look at the very first post in this thread, where pcderic explained in detailed steps how to setup the panel addin.

 

yes, I don't use the same plugin as him !.. take a look at what I wrote too :roll:
Regards.

 

I can't this to work, have an icon on the panel but it show's XXX instead of a temperature (see screenshot). I get a screen tip that says this:

------------
/home/user/bin/cputemp.sh
Period (s): 5

Any ideas where I could have gone wrong? I added the acerfand control and would like to see the cpu temp for peace of mind
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It seems, your script isn't executable.

Try the following:
- Open Terminal
- /home/user/bin/cputemp.sh

The output should be similar to

Code:

<txt>60C</txt>
<img>/usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps/gnome-monitor.png</img>
<tool>CPU Temperature is 60 Celsius</tool>
<click>/usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor</click>

If you're receiving something like

Code:

bash: /home/user/bin/cputemp.sh: Permission denied

...you can fix it using

Code:

chmod 755 /home/user/bin/cputemp.sh

 

Thanks for the tip, I got a friend of mine to help, I had two issues, like you said the script wasnt executible and also my acer_ec.pl file was located in a different place so i had to change that too, what does everyone's temp read, mine is around 60 and can be up to almost 70 but never more, is that ok? How reliable is the reading?

 

mine keeps reading 0C and i cannot for the life of me figure out why.

I run the acer file directly and I get a temp, when i run it through the cputemp program it returns 0C.

cluesless here.

 

have you tired running cputemp in the terminal to see if any errors occur?

 

The following is what the computer terminal returns:

[user@localhost ~]$ /home/user/bin/cputemp.sh
sudo: /usr/sbin/perl: command not found
audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused
<txt>0C</txt>
<tool>CPU Temperature is 0 Celsius</tool>
<click>/usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor</click>
[user@localhost ~]$


I even moved the files into the same directory (and editing them accordingly of course).

as far as permissions, I have set user to root on all, I have tried setting cputemp to user but it did not make any difference.

I have rebooted a few times too.

I am picking this linux thing up pretty well but am stumped (still a newb, but I am learning pretty quick).

I guess it doesn't matter that much, I can just leave a terminal open and enter the command to show the temp when I want to check.

I did some major heatsink work and am curious how well it holds up under stress, it gets hottest when the ac line is plugged in, I got it up to 60C playing zelda on zsnes. good 'nuff maybe?

Maybe I am just being too anal about things, temp is probly good anyways

Mike

 

This is your problem..

Try

Code:

which perl

in a terminal, which should return a path. This path has to be in "cputemp.sh".

If it doesn't return a path, try

Code:

sudo yum install perl

 

YAY! it's fixed!

kudos and cheers! Thank you!

Mike

 

I'm having problems installing cputemp after installing a new version of linux (fedora 10 XFCE spin).

IF I run cputemp.sh in the terminal it displays the temperature but on the panel OC is shown,

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Here's my terminal output

Code:

[AA1@AA1 ~]$ sh cputemp.sh
<txt>56C</txt>
<tool>CPU Temperature is 56 Celsius</tool>
[AA1@AA1 ~]$ 

Any ideas what is cauing this behaviour?

 

Thanks for this piece of advice. I got the CPU temperature panel added after downloading acer_ec.pl and installing your scripts.

Here's the download for acer_ec.pl for others interested:
http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/wiki/ ... Controller