Lm sensors

gentoo/generic configuration

• use flags:

echo "sys-apps/lm_sensors sensord" >> /etc/portage/package.use

• install:

emerge -uDNva lm_sensors

• modules:

# modprobe coretemp acpi-cpufreq

• tool to detect sensor kernel modules

sensors-detect

• check the sensors

sensors  

logging

in file /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

destination sensord { file("/var/log/sensord"); };
filter f_sensord { facility(daemon) and program("sensord"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_sensord); destination(sensord); };

starting

/etc/init.d/sensord start 
rc-update add sensord default