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Old 03-20-2006, 05:27 AM   #1
Toods
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LM_Sensors Question


I would like to get this working in my installation.

I am using Kernel 2.6.14.6 and built the following 2 as modules:

i2c_core

and

i2c_nforce2.

do I need any others built ?.

I only want to see cpu temp and cpu fan speed.

If I have adequate modules already, how do I use to see the readings?.

I do not need any fancy applications or applets etc.

Thank you.
 
Old 03-20-2006, 06:17 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Toods
I would like to get this working in my installation.

I am using Kernel 2.6.14.6 and built the following 2 as modules:

i2c_core

and

i2c_nforce2.

do I need any others built ?.

I only want to see cpu temp and cpu fan speed.

If I have adequate modules already, how do I use to see the readings?.

I do not need any fancy applications or applets etc.

Thank you.

Hi

You can use gkrellm, which can be accessed on kde, you _may_ have to configure gkrellm for this though (right click on the menu).


Regards
 
Old 03-20-2006, 06:45 AM   #3
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Yes, you do need more things in your kernel. Look in device Drivers>Hardware monitoring support
This is the actual drivers for the chips that report on your CPU temp/fan speed. It is usually a good idea to check them all as modules. then you reboot and run "sensors -s" and do what ever it tells you to do. You probably want to put the drivers to load in a /etc/rc.d/ or /etc/init.d/ startup file depending on your distro. Then load all the modules it tells you too(or reboot with your rc.* file) and run "sensors"(assuming you have lm_sensors loaded). Usually you have three fan speeds(depending on your mobo) and three temperatures(CPU, northbridge and system). On my Abit KV-80 mobo the CPU temp is the second temp. You can check in your bios for which one is first and second and third but You should be able to figure most of it out. There are also voltages from the pw supply displayed.

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