lm_sensors problem with VIA KT266A

DiskDoc

Hi! I've read all the posts on lm_sensors trough and trough, even :) browsed the lm_sensors homepage a little..but some crucial piece of informaiton must have eluded me since I can't get lm_sensors to run properly.

I'm running with VIA KT266A (8233 (A?) southbridge), Gentoo-sources 2.4.20-r1 and lm_sensors 2.6.5. I have ACPI enabled in the BIOS.

Sensors-detect seems to find my VIA-chip along with the chip on my TV-receiver card.

Driver `eeprom' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Bus `bt848 #0' (Bit-shift algorithm)
Busdriver `UNKNOWN', I2C address 0x50
Chip `Serial EEPROM (SDRAM DIMM)' (confidence: 8)
* Bus `SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000' (Non-I2C SMBus adapter)
Busdriver `i2c-viapro', I2C address 0x50
Chip `Serial EEPROM (SDRAM DIMM)' (confidence: 8)

Sensors-detect recommends i load i2c-viapro and eeprom modules. Doing so, I figure I have all the support i need: i2c-viapro, eeprom, i2c-proc, i2c-core, i2c-dev and i2c-algo-bit. Still, "sensors" only gives this output:

eeprom-i2c-0-50
Adapter: bt848 #0
Algorithm: Bit-shift algorithm

eeprom-i2c-1-50
Adapter: SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000
Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus adapter
Memory type: DDR SDRAM DIMM SPD
SDRAM Size (MB): 256

Any ideas? Loading i2c-isa hasn't helped either.
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amne · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:12 am Post subject:

hi,
i've got a via kt266a, too (epox 8kha+), but a vanilla 2.4.20 kernel.
i'm not sure how much they differ in the whole sensors thing.

i'm using the following modules:
i2c-proc
i2c-viapro
i2c-isa
w83781d

eeprom is not used.
don't really remember how i got to this as i set it up a while ago, but it works this way.

DiskDoc · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:14 pm Post subject: Working!

That w83781d module got it working! Much obliged.. BTW, we have the same motherboard.
How did you know to use the w83781d module? Did sensors-detect detect it automatically for you?
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amne · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:52 am Post subject:

nice to hear that it's working

i'm just trying to remember how i found out that this was the right module. i installed sensors about >1 year ago (was using suse linux at this time, but no big difference in that issue), so it's hard to remember any facts. i just remember that i spent some time before i got it finally working.

if i run sensors-detect and just hit enter it displays the following results: