[lm-sensors] Newbie help

[ymu@Winbond.com.tw (Yuan Mu)]

Paul Wagner wrote:
> I am not new to linux but I am new to lm-sensors
> 
> The sensors.conf file has me completely lost
> 
>  
> 
> I have Fedora Core 5 running on a Abit IS7-E w/ Intel 82865PE (MCH) + 
> 82801EB (ICH5) chipset
> 
> I installed using "make user" and "make user_install"
> 
> added library path to ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig
> 
> ran sensor -detect w/the following results
> 
>  
> 
> #----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-i801
> modprobe i2c-isa
> # I2C chip drivers
> modprobe eeprom
> modprobe w83627hf
> # sleep 2 # optional
> /usr/local/bin/sensors -s # recommended
> #----cut here----
> 
>  
> 
> I am lost from here as I do not understand the conf file
> 
> also along the line it told me to Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to 
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/lm_sensors
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>  
> 
> but there is no /prog dir
> 
>  
It's ./prog not /prog
If you just press enter to all questions sensors-detect asked you, it should have been done by the script.
Now you can try "service lm_sensors start", and use "sensors".




Best Regards
Yuan Mu


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