Background
I am trying to figure out how to monitor temperature on my Ubuntu system, and I found this thread:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2178610
So I started installing the packages recommended in response #5, but response #4 may be good, too.
Synopsis
$ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors hddtemp $ sudo sensors-detect $ sudo /etc/init.d/kmod start [ ok ] Starting kmod (via systemctl): kmod.service. $ sensors acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +54.0°C (crit = +120.0°C) coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0: +53.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +52.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 1: +51.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)