Trisquel 8 not reporting GPU temperature
Hey there,
I am using Trisquel 8, in a T400 Librebooted laptop. I have installed MATE Sensors Applet 1.12.1 and I can get the Hard Drive temperature, both CPU cores temperature, it even tells me if the fan is spinning or not and the amount of RPM. However the GPU always states -128*C (I am using Celsius).
I have tried looking online for a solution but only see people talking about Nvidia drivers and stuff... I am unsure if the machine in question has a sensor for the GPU temperature, but I would assume it does, so maybe I need to configure something properly?
Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
Isn't the graphical chipset integrated to the processor?
Not sure why, but Ubuntu MATE applet shows the same frozen temperature with an integrated GPU.
Yes, as far as I know it uses Intel integrated HD. But I thought it would give me a separate temperature when doing graphical stuff (watching videos and playing games). Of course, the fact that Magic Banana made that question indicates to me that I am less literate about integrated graphics chips than I thought I was and probably my question was dumb to begin with... Hopefully not :)
If someone can clarify I would be thankful.
Intel HD Graphics is on the same die with the CPU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Technology
That is why I think the temperature is the same. However your laptop actually has Intel GMA, the previous technology. The Wikipedia page talks about an integration to the motherboard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA
It therefore looks like it would make sense to have a different temperature.
I will seek more info on this and get back to you if I find anything useful. Thanks!