acpi -V gives me gibberish.

[Derek Broughton]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>  said:
>> On 09/05/2008 09:42 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>> > cybe at WizardsTower:~$ acpi -V
>> >      Thermal 1: ok, 4294967040.0 degrees C
>> > 
>> > I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be four and a quarter billion degrees.
>> > Can anyone give me any indication as to what's wrong here?
>> > 
>> > Cybe R. Wizard
>> 
>> Stop using Karl's machine :-)
> 
> Ain't it the truth?  ;-]
>> 
>> See what the result is from:
>> 
>> cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0
>> [THMzero]
>> 
>> Could be that the acpi command is not interpreting the value properly.
>> 
> cybe at WizardsTower:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0
> cat: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0: No such file or directory

it could be anything under .../thermal_zone - mine's THR1.  The names are
specified in the machines DSDT (in the BIOS)
-- 
derek