No sensors found!

[mds4@verizon.net (Mark Studebaker)]

you don't show w83627hf loaded.
modprobe it again to be sure then check dmesg for clues.

Jennifer Villar wrote:
>    -->
> 
> I am a complete newbie here cutting my teeth on RedHat 9 Kernel 
> 2.4.20-8smp. I am trying to get lm_sensors to work but I continually get 
> the ?No Sensors found!? error. I have followed the instructions that 
> sensors-detect has provided (except the /etc/rc* entries as I am not 
> sure which file to put the entries into, any?).
> 
>  
> 
> I am using a Supermicro server with an Intel 857 chipset and the Super 
> P4SCA motherboard. Unfortunately I cannot look at the mother board as 
> the system is racked.
> 
>  
> 
> Here is some of the information I have that may shed light to someone 
> who knows a thing or two about this stuff.
> 
>  
> 
> # Results from lsmod
> 
>  
> 
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> 
> i2c-isa                 1868   0  (unused)
> 
> i2c-dev                 5636   0
> 
> i2c-philips-par         3360   0  (unused)
> 
> parport                39072   0  [i2c-philips-par]
> 
> i2c-elv                 2408   0
> 
> i2c-algo-bit            8872   1  [i2c-philips-par i2c-elv]
> 
> i2c-proc                9232   0
> 
> i2c-core               19908   0  [i2c-isa i2c-dev i2c-algo-bit i2c-proc]
> 
> autofs                 13684   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> 
> e1000                  70400   1
> 
> ipt_REJECT              3928   0  (autoclean)
> 
> iptable_filter          2412   0  (autoclean)
> 
> ip_tables              15864   2  [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter]
> 
> keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
> 
> mousedev                5656   0  (unused)
> 
> hid                    22308   0  (unused)
> 
> input                   6208   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
> 
> usb-uhci               27404   0  (unused)
> 
> ehci-hcd               20456   0  (unused)
> 
> usbcore                82592   1  [hid usb-uhci ehci-hcd]
> 
> ext3                   73376   2
> 
> jbd                    56336   2  [ext3]
> 
>  
> 
> # Output of sensors-detect
> 
>  Detects correctly:
> 
>   * ISA bus address 0x0290 (Busdriver `i2c-isa')
> 
>     Chip `Winbond W83627HF Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  I will now generate the commands needed to load the I2C modules.
> 
>  Sometimes, a chip is available both through the ISA bus and an I2C bus.
> 
>  ISA bus access is faster, but you need to load an additional driver module
> 
>  for it. If you have the choice, do you want to use the ISA bus or the
> 
>  I2C/SMBus (ISA/smbus)? Driver `w83627hf' (should be inserted):
> 
>   Detects correctly:
> 
>   * ISA bus address 0x0290 (Busdriver `i2c-isa')
> 
>     Chip `Winbond W83627HF Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)
> 
>  
> 
> To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to
> 
> /etc/modules.conf:
> 
>  
> 
> #----cut here----
> 
> # I2C module options
> 
> alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
> 
> #----cut here----
> 
>  
> 
> To load everything that is needed, add this to some /etc/rc* file:
> 
>  
> 
> #----cut here----
> 
> # I2C adapter drivers
> 
> modprobe i2c-isa
> 
> # I2C chip drivers
> 
> modprobe w83627hf
> 
> # sleep 2 # optional
> 
> /usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended
> 
> #----cut here----
> 
>  
> 
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> -Jennifer
>