Thank you for the information Jean---I assumed that the force_id option went into /etc/sensors.conf & /etc/sensors3.conf--I inserted it in a way I thought was correct & got "Error: Line 1225: Invalid keyword"....The line looks like: options it87 force_id=0x8718

I then tried to include it into /etc/modules & got no response at all...line looks like:

# Chip drivers
it87
i2c-dev options it87 force_id=0x8718
coretemp

So I am at a loss as to where the option should be inserted--there is not a modprobe file in Ubuntu--Running the current Jaunty testing 9.04 version for x86. Using the stock ubuntu Jaunty kernel--currently at 2.6.28.8--don't want to create a .29 kernel due to testing requirements. We have to wait until 9.10 testing in two months to move to .29.

Thank you for your time..

Dean Loros

On 02/19/2009 09:06 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:

Hi Dean,

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:18:52 -0800, Dean Loros wrote:

I went to the website & got the most current sensors-detect....Important 
info follows:

Driver `to-be-written' (should be inserted):
   Detects correctly:
   * ISA bus, address 0x290
     Chip `ITE IT8720 Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to generate /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (yes/NO):
To load everything that is needed, add this to one of the system
initialization scripts (e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local):

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
# no driver for ITE IT8720 Super IO Sensors yet
/usr/bin/sensors -s
#----cut here----

If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will
contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really
should try these commands right now to make sure everything is
working properly. Monitoring programs won't work until the needed
modules are loaded.


So my next question is:  What is the status of the ITE IT8720 driver & 
what can I do to help the process along?


Please search for "IT8720F" on this page:
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices
It answers your first question.

If installing a bleeding-edge kernel isn't an option for you, you can
load the it87 driver with parameter force_id=0x8718. It will make the
it87 driver treat your IT8720F chip as if it were an IT8718F, which is
supported for a long time now. The IT8718F and IT8720F are essentially
compatible as far as the hardware monitoring block is concerned.