[lm-sensors] lm_sensors 2.9.2 & kernel 2.6.8-24

[khali@linux-fr.org (Jean Delvare)]

Hi Charles,

Please answer to the list, not to me only!

> nport1:~ # i2cdetect 0
> Error: Could not open file `/dev/i2c-0': No such device
> nport1:~ #

modprobe i2c-dev

Sorry for nor telling you, sensors-detect loads it for you and I didn't
figure out you'd have rebooted since.

> > So you have a Super-I/O chip, most probably from National Semiconductor.
> > Do you happen to know what it is? Our script doesn't seem to know.
> > Sometimes Super-I/O chips include hardware monitoring capabilities.
>
> No - I don't - and I don't really want to go digging under the keyboard
> to look for the MB unless I have to!!

Yeah, I understand. I wasn't even able to open my own laptop. But
sometimes you have some technical documentation which states which chips
you have. Unfortunately, more often than not, the Super-I/O chip isn't
listed.

> No - not certain at all. It does support ACPI which was off when I did
> previous results (trying to see if it was causing the problem). I can't
> seem to turn it on again - removing acpi=off from boot loader should do
> it I think - but it hangs the system - maybe this is a clue? Or am I
> being dim?. Therefore no /proc/acpi files at the moment!

I can't say. ACPI is a very complex area, some laptops need it, some
don't like it at all, there are quirks required for half of them.
Depending on the model, it might work on a version and not on another.
We can't help you with this, see with the linux-acpi folks.

--
Jean Delvare