Re: lm-sensors and lm78 chip
hi andrew
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Greetings-
>
> I'm trying to get lm-sensors to work, mainly to monitor the CPU
> temperature in my machine. I know the chip is an lm78, as reported by the
> following output from sensors-detect:
>
> Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'
> Trying address 0x0290... Success!
good
...
> Probing for `ITE IT8705F / IT8712F / SiS 950'
> Trying address 0x0290... Success!
> (confidence 7, driver `it87')
good ...
which one ??? hmmm
> But trying to load the modules turns out to be impossible:
> joehill:~# modprobe i2c-isa
> modprobe: Can't locate module i2c-isa
> joehill:~# modprobe lm78
> modprobe: Can't locate module lm78
you need to create the modules for the kernel you are running
-- i prefer to download install from its source for lm_sensors
> How do I get this working? I did select I2C support in the kernel (as
> modules), and have them loaded:
> joehill:~# lsmod
> Module Size Used by Tainted: P
> i2c-dev 3744 0 (unused)
> i2c-proc 6368 0
> i2c-core 12992 0 [i2c-dev i2c-proc]
you need to insmod lm78 and/or insmod IT87
more lm_sensor-HOWTO docs ( motherboard dependent too )
http://www.Linux-1U.net/LCD/lm_sensors.Txt/
- uses it87 too
http://www.Linux-1U.net/LCD/lm_sensors.Txt/i2c_lm_sensors.a7n266vm.txt
c ya
alvin
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