xsensors(1)

xsensors1

Display hardware sensor information as a graphical read-out.

Usage

xsensors [OPTION] ...

Overview

View the output from the libsensors library regarding hardware health in a graphical read-out.

Options

-f

display all temperatures in Fahrenheit.

-c filename

specify the libsensors configuration file.

-i

specify the image file to use as the graphical theme.

-t time

specify the update interval in seconds.

-v

display the version number.

Configuration

To find the proper kernel modules necessary for xsensors to work, please run the sensors-detect command as superuser and follow the on-screen instructions; a reboot may be required. The sensors-detect command is provided by the lm-sensors package.

Files

/usr/share/xsensors/theme.tiff: the default graphical theme.

/etc/sensors3.conf: the default configuration file.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0–5.0
  3. 6.0–7
  4. 8–13
  5. Arch

-c since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -f since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Author

This manual page was written by Nick Rusnov <[email protected]> and Nanley Chery <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From xsensors 0.80-5 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.