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2.5 How often are the sensor values updated?
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2.6 How are alarms triggered?
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3 Installation and Management
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3. Installation and Management
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3.1 Why so many modules, and how do I cope with them?
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3.2 How do I know which chips I own?
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3.2A What chips are on motherboard XYZ?
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3.7 It still does not compile or patch
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3.8 'make install' fails on Mandrake kernels
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4 Problems
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4. Problems
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4.1 Why do my fans report exactly half/double their values by your code
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compared to the BIOS?
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4.2 Why do my two LM75's report "-48 degrees"?
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@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ sensor reading results. Why?
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4.17D Bad temperature readings from the SIS5595!
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4.17E Bad readings from a w8378[12]d!
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4.17F Bus hangs on Ali 1543 on Asus P5A boards!
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4.17G Bad readings from LM75!
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4.17H Bad readings from LM80!
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4.18 How do I configure two chips (LM87) differently?
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4.19 Dmesg says Upgrade BIOS! I don't want to!
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4.20 Sensors says 'Can't access /proc file'
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@@ -86,18 +88,25 @@ sensor reading results. Why?
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4.24C Sensors-detect doesn't find any sensors
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4.25 Sensors says 'Error: Line xxx: zzzzzzz'
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5 How to Ask for Help
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5. How to Ask for Help
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5.1 What to do if a module won't insert?
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5.2 What to do if it inserts, but nothing happens?
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5.3 What to do if I read only bogus information?
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5.4 What to do if you have other problems?
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5.5 What if it just works like a charm?
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6 Version 1 specific questions
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6.1 My manufacturer swears that my mainboard has an SMBus, but your code
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6. How to Contribute
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6.1 How to write a driver
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6.2 How to get CVS access
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6.3 How to donate hardware to the project
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6.4 How to join the project mailing list
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6.5 How to (not) access mailing list archives
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7. Version 1 specific questions
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7.1 My manufacturer swears that my mainboard has an SMBus, but your code
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reports that it can't find it. What's wrong?
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6.2 The modules won't load, saying 'SMBus not detected'.
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6.3 I try to read /proc/sensors, and I get a "No sensor data yet (try again in
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7.2 The modules won't load, saying 'SMBus not detected'.
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7.3 I try to read /proc/sensors, and I get a "No sensor data yet (try again in
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a few moments)" message. Why?
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@@ -674,6 +683,18 @@ monitor chip on this board and use the 'ignore=1,0x2d' or similar option
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to the w83781d module to prevent i2c accesses.
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4.17G Bad readings from LM75!
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The LM75 detection is poor and other hardware is often misdetected
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as an LM75. Figure out what you really have (see 4.24C).
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4.17H Bad readings from LM80!
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The LM75 detection is poor and other hardware is often misdetected
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as an LM75. Figure out what you really have (see 4.24C).
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4.18 How do I configure two chips (LM87) differently?
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There is a SuperMicro board with two LM87's on it that are
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@@ -805,6 +826,7 @@ Run devfs in the kernel to get the /dev/i2c/x files.
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3) Check the Motherboard Monitor website
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(see useful_addresses.html) for a good cross-reference.
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4.25 Sensors says 'Error: Line xxx: zzzzzzz'
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These are errors from the libsensors library in
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@@ -888,13 +910,43 @@ please send us the usual information (see section 5).
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detected chip type. That way, we have some positive feedback, too!
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6. How to Contribute
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6 Version 1 specific questions
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6.1 How to write a driver
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See doc/developers/new_drivers in our package for instructions.
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6.2 How to get CVS access
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For anonymous CVS read access, see the instructions on our download page.
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For write access, run the script doc/developers/genpasswd.pl in
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our package and follow the instructions. Let us know what part
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of the package you would like to work on.
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6.3 How to donate hardware to the project
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Send us email <sensors@stimpy.netroedge.com>.
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6.4 How to join the project mailing list
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Send us email <sensors@stimpy.netroedge.com>. Sorry, no automated
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subscribe/unsubscribe service.
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6.5 How to (not) access mailing list archives
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Sorry, there is no archive.
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7. Version 1 specific questions
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Note: Version 1 is very very old and is not recommended.
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6.1 My manufacturer swears that my mainboard has an SMBus, but your code
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7.1 My manufacturer swears that my mainboard has an SMBus, but your code
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reports that it can't find it. What's wrong?
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Currently, our code only assumes that an SMBus exists if it originates
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Version 1 never will.
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6.2 The modules won't load, saying 'SMBus not detected'.
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7.2 The modules won't load, saying 'SMBus not detected'.
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This should no longer be an issue in 1.4.10 and later; it will
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continue loading, but it won't support SMBus-connected devices, of course.
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6.3 I try to read /proc/sensors, and I get a "No sensor data yet (try again in
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7.3 I try to read /proc/sensors, and I get a "No sensor data yet (try again in
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a few moments)" message. Why?
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It takes about 1.5 seconds for the LM78 to update all its sensor
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@@ -933,7 +985,7 @@ to access sensor data right after insertion time, and do not display this
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message anymore.
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6.4 On my Dell, a LM80 is detected, but all readings are 0!
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7.4 On my Dell, a LM80 is detected, but all readings are 0!
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This is a bug we have only observed on Dell computers. There is
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probably a problem with the way the SMBus is accessed; but it is not yet
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Rev 2.4 (MDS) Minor updates 20010929
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Rev 2.4 (MDS) Minor updates 20010722
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Rev 2.3 (MDS) General update, 20010224, released with lm_sensors 2.6.0.
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Rev 2.2 (Frodo) Corrections for lm_sensors 2.4, 19990920
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