Install the lm-sensors Install lm-sensors and fancontrol Install fancontrol packages. # Configure lm-sensors; respond with yes for everything below (will modify /etc/modules): sudo sensors-detect # Monitoring programs won't work until the needed modules are # loaded. You may want to run '/etc/init.d/kmod start' to load them. /etc/init.d/kmod start # Configure fancontrol sudo pwmconfig # Set up fancontrol service sudo service fancontrol start # show sensors command line sensors