any tool which monitor my cpu temperature and shutdown my machine automatically

[NoOp]

On 07/25/2010 10:12 AM, loody wrote:
> hi:
>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:21:39 +0800
>> loody wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all:
>>> is there any tool under ubuntu which can monitor the temperature of
>>> cpu and shutdown it automatically if the temperature reach the limit?
>>> appreciate your help,
>>> miloody
>>
>> lm-sensors will monitor the temperatures, if you have the right chips
>> onboard.
>>
> Can this tool also automatically shutdown my machine if the
> temperature over the limit?
> appreciate your help,
> miloody
> 

Gnome sensors ($ sudo apt-get install sensors-applet) can be configured
to sound an alarm and you can enter a command to be applied for low/high
alarms. That may be what you are looking for. See:
http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/index.php?content=home
<http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/images/screenshots/005-configure-sensor.jpg>
That's an old screenshot as my version GNOME Sensors Applet 2.2.3 has a
command section for both 'Low alarm command' and 'High alarm command'.

Note: don't click on the help command as it seems to crash the applet
(at least on my system).