help with lm-sensors please
spodosaurus
browsing and the like with linux. I'm trying to get lm-sensors working
so I can monitor the heat of my CPU and northbridge. This is the ouput
from the 'sensors detect' command:
WARNING! If you have some things built into your kernel, the
below list will contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones!
To load everything that is needed, add this to some /etc/rc* file:
#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
# I2C chip drivers
#----cut here----
To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to either
/etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules:
#----cut here----
# I2C module options
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
#----cut here----
1. What are the rc.d files it mentions, and why would it require lines
that are commented out to be inserted?
2. I'm running RH8.0, and my /etc/modules.conf is read only (RO), is it
safe to change this setting and add the lines that the program is
instructing me to add there?
TIA,
Ari
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spodosaurus wrote:
> I'm a newbie to doing much more than report writing/printing/web
> browsing and the like with linux. I'm trying to get lm-sensors working
> so I can monitor the heat of my CPU and northbridge. This is the ouput
> from the 'sensors detect' command:
<snip>
>
>
> 1. What are the rc.d files it mentions, and why would it require lines
> that are commented out to be inserted?
rc.local is the traditional spot to put in any changes, simply so that
you can find them again later. rc.local should be the last file that is
run on startup, before it gives you a prompt or goes into X.
As an example for lm-sensors, at the end of my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file I
have:
# activate sensor
# I2C adapter drivers
modprobe i2c-piix4
# I2C chip drivers
modprobe w83781d
modprobe eeprom
Yours will vary and will have the modules for the correct chipset, and
not necessarily "i2c-piix4".
>
> 2. I'm running RH8.0, and my /etc/modules.conf is read only (RO), is it
> safe to change this setting and add the lines that the program is
> instructing me to add there?
Yes, you'll need to add in lines to modules.conf for any modules that
take parameters (like the lm-sensors ones). It is a good idea to back
up your modules.conf file each time you make changes.
(eg. cp modules.conf modules.conf.8.01.03)
>
> TIA,
>
> Ari
>
Regards,
David Boston