Stable release | 3.6.0
/ October 17, 2019[1]
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Repository |
github |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux |
Type | System monitoring |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website |
hwmon |
lm_sensors (Linux-monitoring sensors) is a free open-source software-tool for Linux that provides tools and drivers for monitoring temperatures, voltage, humidity, and fans. It can also detect chassis intrusions.[ citation needed]
During 2001/2004, the lm_sensors package was not recommended for use on IBM ThinkPads due to potential EEPROM corruption issues on some models when aggressively probing for I2C devices. [2] [3] [4] This has since been dealt with, and the separate README file dedicated to ThinkPads was removed in 2007. [5]
In 2013, the sensors-detect
command of lm-sensors began disrupting the
gamma correction settings of some laptop display screens. This occurs while it is probing the
I2C/
SMBus adapters for connected hardware monitoring devices. Probing of these devices was disabled by default.
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lm-sensors should now be safe to use on Thinkpad laptops. Jean Delvare committed on 24 Sep 2007
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