Robert D. Arendt wrote:
Some web searches indicate that the ASUS P4P800 motherboard
has a W83627THF-A sensor chip. However, the Fedora kernel
(even the latest) doesn't have the w83627hf.o module needed to
read it.
Does anyone have a working linux temperature readout? If so,
how do you set it up? Did you have to patch and rebuild the kernel?
Answering my own question. This site had some good info:
http://www.neurauter.at/yalp/RHlmsensors.php
I now have working sensors. This is what I did:
Got fresh tarballs for i2c and lm_sensors:
http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/archive/i2c-2.8.2.tar.gz
http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/archive/lm_sensors-2.8.2.tar.gz
I'm using a i686 SMP kernel. The kernel-source rpm is installed, then
cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
cp configs/kernel-2.4.22-i686-smp.config .config
The kernel module build uses info from the .config file
Unpack, build, & install i2c (assumes prefix=/usr/local)
tar xzf i2c-2.8.2.tar.gz
cd i2c-2.8.2
make clean
make all
make install
Unpack, build, & install lm_sensors (assumes prefix=/usr/local)
tar xzf lm_sensors-2.8.2.tar.gz
cd lm_sensors-2.8.2
make clean
make all
make install
cp prog/init/lm_sensors.init /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
cp etc/sensors.conf.eg /etc/sensors.conf
Note that the new libraries and binaries are under /usr/local/{bin,lib}
Add /usr/local/bin to /etc/ld.so.conf, then run "ldconfig"
Execute /usr/local/bin/sensors-detect (selecting all the defaults)
This generates a /usr/sysconfig/lm_sensors file.
I removed the eeprom & i2c-i801 lines, so:
MODULE_0=i2c-isa
MODULE_1=w83627hf
Start the service, and enable it to start on boot-up
service lm_sensors start
chkconfig lm_sensors on
Now temp1 = M/B temp, and temp2 = CPU temp, and I have a nice gkrellm display
Cheers (& Happy New Year),
-Bob Arendt
