Well...the lm-sensors I installed with the 2.2.15 kernel on a potato box was able to show me the correct temperatures as displayed by the BIOS...I am using a Asus P5A.....I suppose it depends on the motherboard you are using as well...
Patrick Cheong Information Systems Assurance Measat Broadcast Network Systems e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my > -----Original Message----- > From: Alvin Oga [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 9:20 PM > To: Frederik > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: lm-sensors > > > hi ya frederik > > you probably want to see the cpu temp measurements ??? > > its at /proc/sys/dev/sensors/<*sis5595*>/temp1 > > you can see all the stuff its recording in the /proc tree > > and if you're nuts like me.... i run a cron job to copy the cpu > temperature every 5 minutes ....copy it into a web directory that > i can casually browse to see what the temp did over the past day/night etc > - for the 1U boxes i running > > if your cpu/chassis fans is a 3-wire fan ( with a tach )..gues yu > can also write a perl script to send an alarm when the fan dies > > - consider yourself lucky if your motherboard's sensors is detected > by lm-sensors > > have fun > alvin > http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/1U/LCD/ - lm-sensor stuff + Lcd > display > > > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Frederik wrote: > > > I've installed lm-sensors using apt-get install lm-sensors-source, > > recompiled the kernel, installed the new kernel with dpkg -i, installed > > the 2 created .debs (i2c and lm-sensors) and rebooted. > > I ran sensors-detect, and modified /etc/modules: > > > > i2c-isa > > sis5595 > > > > This is what sensors report: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/lahaina$ sensors > > sis5595-isa-0290 > > Adapter: ISA adapter > > Algorithm: ISA algorithm > > VCore 1: +2.04 V (min = +2.84 V, max = +3.45 V) ALARM > > VCore 2: +1.96 V (min = +2.68 V, max = +3.26 V) ALARM > > +3.3V: +1.23 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V) ALARM > > +5V: +0.82 V (min = +3.78 V, max = +4.62 V) ALARM > > fan1: 0 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) ALARM > > fan2: 0 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) ALARM > > temp: +127 C (limit = +60 C, hysteresis = +50 C) > > alarms: Board temperature input (usually LM75 chips) ALARM > > > > Funny, but not what i had in mind of course. Through the bios at bootup, > > i can see the correct temperature... > > Any ideas what i should change? I have a sis 5595 chip, and run woody. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
