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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Friday, August 22, 2003 11:21:23 pm | by CraigMckenna | Revert |
| Older page: | version 10 | Last edited on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:47:19 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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# set up /etc/sensors.conf (see below)
# # sensors -s (as root, to initialise everything)
# $ sensors (to get a listing printed out)
-I knew to use the it87 module and config from the above notes, but if I didn't, I would have looked at my motherboard's manual, for example, [here|/archive/images/ga7vt.jpg].
+I knew to use the it87 module and config from the above notes, but if I didn't, I would have looked at my motherboard's manual, for example, [here|http://www.wlug.org.nz
/archive/images/ga7vt.jpg].
The reading for the MB temp was consistent with the bios, but the reading for the CPU temp was way out. After a quick read of the documentation, it is because the default assumption is that the 2nd temperature sensor is a diode. Changing this setting to be a resistor made more realistic values appear. I had to add a line like
options it87 temp_type=0x38
to /etc/modules.conf so that the module uses different calculations. If you really want to know how I derived that option, read /usr/share/doc/lm-sensors/doc/chips/it87.gz (in debian, at least).
