Linux and motherboard sensors

farkenhell · 3rd August 2002, 3:50 PM

Can anyone tell me how/point me to a website showing how to make linux (specifically Debian 3.0) read and display fan/temp information (specifically from VIA sensors on a KR7A-RAID)?

Thanks

hast · 3rd August 2002, 5:18 PM

lm_sensors
not sure if it supports your motherboard
maybe someone else knows
just have a try anyway...

Unregisturd · 4th August 2002, 12:46 AM

I second lm_sensors... probably the easiest way to do it. Dunno if there are any nice graphical frontends though... probably some Gnome/KDE taskbar things are lm_sensors aware though.

sm · 4th August 2002, 12:54 AM

For displaying the information gkrellm has builtin support for lm_sensors and for KDE there is ksensors

Bern · 4th August 2002, 10:39 AM

Before you install lm_sensors you have to install the matching I2C package from the same website.

Quadbox · 4th August 2002, 2:00 PM

I second GKRellm - It's a great all round monitoring app. (if you're in x, of course)

farkenhell · 4th August 2002, 2:19 PM

Thanks for the info, I'm getting unresolved symbols installing i2c, so I'll work on it.

Thanks

Bern · 4th August 2002, 3:10 PM

Make sure you have your kernel source and headers installed and in the right place.

Quadbox · 4th August 2002, 3:13 PM

And i2c support compiled into the kernel...

farkenhell · 6th August 2002, 1:52 PM

I seem to have i2c and lm-sensors installed but Im not sure how to install the driver for my sensor chip. Theres no option in the kernel configuration for it (although a search did reaveal a .c file of the same name in the kernel source).

detect-sensors detects the chip and tells me what driver to use but modprobe can't locate it...

Bern · 6th August 2002, 2:34 PM

Do 'depmod -a' as root and post the error message from modprobe.

farkenhell · 8th August 2002, 10:41 PM

depmod -a produces no errors.
modprobe reports "can't locate module w83781d" (this module does not exist, which is my main problem).

sensors-detect shows
"Probing for `Winbond W83697HF'
Trying address 0x0290... Success!
(confidence 8, driver `w83781d')"

What I am not sure how to to, is to compile this driver...
This file exists "/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/drivers/sensors/w83781d.c"
but there is no option in the kernel config to select it., so the module is not compiled for use by modprobe.

farkenhell · 8th August 2002, 10:53 PM

Ah! I think I have it working now

Thanks for the help
Sweet, all works good

Appears I missed a step in the installation process

3rd August 2002, 3:50 PM	#1
farkenhell Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: London Posts: 214	Linux and motherboard sensors Can anyone tell me how/point me to a website showing how to make linux (specifically Debian 3.0) read and display fan/temp information (specifically from VIA sensors on a KR7A-RAID)? Thanks

4th August 2002, 10:39 AM	#5
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4th August 2002, 3:10 PM	#8
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6th August 2002, 2:34 PM	#11
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8th August 2002, 10:53 PM	#13
farkenhell Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: London Posts: 214	Ah! I think I have it working now Thanks for the help Sweet, all works good Appears I missed a step in the installation process Last edited by farkenhell; 8th August 2002 at 11:02 PM.

3rd August 2002, 5:18 PM	#2
hast (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: dots in the location field break it. note Posts: 2,034	lm_sensors not sure if it supports your motherboard maybe someone else knows just have a try anyway...

4th August 2002, 12:46 AM	#3
Unregisturd Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,775	I second lm_sensors... probably the easiest way to do it. Dunno if there are any nice graphical frontends though... probably some Gnome/KDE taskbar things are lm_sensors aware though.

4th August 2002, 12:54 AM	#4
sm Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 811	For displaying the information gkrellm has builtin support for lm_sensors and for KDE there is ksensors

4th August 2002, 2:00 PM	#6
Quadbox Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane 4065 Posts: 5,090	I second GKRellm - It's a great all round monitoring app. (if you're in x, of course)

4th August 2002, 2:19 PM	#7
farkenhell Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: London Posts: 214	Thanks for the info, I'm getting unresolved symbols installing i2c, so I'll work on it. Thanks

4th August 2002, 3:13 PM	#9
Quadbox Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane 4065 Posts: 5,090	And i2c support compiled into the kernel...

6th August 2002, 1:52 PM	#10
farkenhell Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: London Posts: 214	I seem to have i2c and lm-sensors installed but Im not sure how to install the driver for my sensor chip. Theres no option in the kernel configuration for it (although a search did reaveal a .c file of the same name in the kernel source). detect-sensors detects the chip and tells me what driver to use but modprobe can't locate it...

8th August 2002, 10:41 PM	#12
farkenhell Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: London Posts: 214	depmod -a produces no errors. modprobe reports "can't locate module w83781d" (this module does not exist, which is my main problem). sensors-detect shows "Probing for `Winbond W83697HF' Trying address 0x0290... Success! (confidence 8, driver `w83781d')" What I am not sure how to to, is to compile this driver... This file exists "/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/drivers/sensors/w83781d.c" but there is no option in the kernel config to select it., so the module is not compiled for use by modprobe.