diff -rup a/plugins/acpi/acpi-plugin.c b/plugins/acpi/acpi-plugin.c
--- a/plugins/acpi/acpi-plugin.c	2010-06-15 13:13:45.000000000 +0200
+++ b/plugins/acpi/acpi-plugin.c	2010-11-21 00:04:16.497007962 +0100
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 
 const gchar *plugin_name = "acpi";
 
-#define ACPI_THERMAL_ZONE_BASE_DIR "/proc/acpi/thermal_zone"
-#define ACPI_THERMAL_BASE_DIR "/proc/acpi/thermal"
+#define ACPI_THERMAL_ZONE_BASE_DIR "/sys/devices/virtual/thermal"
 
 enum {
 	ACPI_DEVICE_FILE_OPEN_ERROR,
@@ -65,8 +64,7 @@ static void acpi_plugin_test_sensor(GLis
         
         filename = g_path_get_basename(path);
 
-        if (g_ascii_strcasecmp(filename, "temperature") == 0 || 
-            g_ascii_strcasecmp(filename, "status") == 0) {
+        if (g_ascii_strcasecmp(filename, "temp") == 0) {
                 acpi_plugin_add_sensor(sensors, path);
                 
         }
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ static GList *acpi_plugin_init(void) {
         /* call function to recursively look for sensors
            starting at the defined base directory */
         sensors_applet_plugin_find_sensors(&sensors, ACPI_THERMAL_ZONE_BASE_DIR, acpi_plugin_test_sensor);
-        sensors_applet_plugin_find_sensors(&sensors, ACPI_THERMAL_BASE_DIR, acpi_plugin_test_sensor);
         return sensors;
 }
 
@@ -104,17 +101,15 @@ static gdouble acpi_plugin_get_sensor_va
 		return sensor_value;
 	}
 
-	if (fscanf(fp, "temperature: %f %31s", &sensor_value, units) < 1) {
+	if (fscanf(fp, "%f", &sensor_value) < 1) {
 		g_set_error(error, SENSORS_APPLET_PLUGIN_ERROR, ACPI_DEVICE_FILE_READ_ERROR, "Error reading from sensor device file %s", path);
 		fclose(fp);
 		return sensor_value;
 	}
 	fclose(fp);
 
-	/* need to convert if units are deciKelvin */
-	if (g_ascii_strcasecmp(units, "dK") == 0) {
-		sensor_value = (sensor_value / 10.0) - 273.0;
-	}
+	/* unit is millidegree celcius */
+	sensor_value = sensor_value / 1000.0;
 
 	return (gdouble)sensor_value;
 }