lm_sensors on MSI K8TNEO2 [SOLVED]

selig · Last edited by selig on Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:16 am; edited 2 times in total

I have been trying to get this to work ever since I bought my computer a year ago, with different kernels, I am using 2.6.14-gentoo-r7 now. Running "sensors-detect" detects something and sets up the config file to load these modules: w83627hf, i2c-viapro, i2c-isa, eeprom. The farthest I got with it so far was when one time I could get info from the eeprom about my memory, but that is all. "sensors -s" just says "no sensors found". I have tried removing and inserting all w* hwmod modules one after another, but to no avail. Thanks for any suggestions.

Aries-Belgium · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject:

Is lm_sensors running?

Headrush · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject:

There was a bug at one time that when ACPI was enabled the sensors on this board stopped working. (I shouldn't say stopped working, but weren't recognized.)
I can't remember, but at some point the newer kernels and the lastest BIOS from MSI fixed this issue.

It works perfectly for a while now and my kernel is currently gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r9

Edit: Corrected mistake of saying Gigabyte when I meant MSI

selig · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:34 am Post subject:

Hmm, this is a MSI board, not Gigabyte, but it might be just my kernel version (yes, I have ACPI enabled). The sad thing is I still cannot upgrade the kernel, since I have tried and the ati-drivers made a total mess with a 2.6.16 kernel (2.6.15 too). Like hanging the system when logging out of X, the kernel spitting out kernel oops at various places, 3D games failing miserably, deprecated functions in 2.6.16, etc.. The latest ~amd64 driver was not working either. I hate proprietary drivers, but what can we do? I guess I will have to do without the lm_sensors for now.

Headrush · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:59 am Post subject:

selig · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:15 am Post subject:

You were right, I tried booting into a 2.6.16-r9 kernel and the sensors are working fine there. I just have to wait for the fglrx crap to work correctly in it.