Revision History: Check and Monitor CPU Temperature

2026-09-04

Updated for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1:

  • Added how to read the temperature from the ACPI thermal zones, which needs no additional software, and how to tell which readings come through ACPI

  • Changed the sensors-detect step to an optional step and added the warning of its man page against running it on production servers

  • Added how to install the sensors package on systems with a read-only root file system

  • Replaced the hardinfo package, which is no longer available, with s-tui and removed the acpi package, which is no longer available

  • Removed the notes about the availability of the sensors package and of ACPI on IBM Z

2023-08-15

Updated topics and structure, extended content

2023-05-04

Initial version