HOW TO: Install and configure lm-sensors

[deh1963]

Has anyone tried installing the latest version of lm-sensors (3.0.1) from the lm-sensors.org website? I checked in Package Manager and I have version 1:3.0.0-4ubuntu installed.

I ran through sensors-detect and had few signals detected. Makes me wonder if I'm missing something.

[slick_nick]

deh1963, good job noticing that...my sensors seem to be working fine/detecting with the older ubuntu version , but I might go head and try the latest version tomorrow if I get the time :)

[Nameless_one]

Hello. I installed lm-sensors following this howto (actually the updated info from page 24). I am trying to read my graphics card's temperature. My sensors output is this:

$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:
+40°C
Core1 Temp:
+40°C

w83627ehf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore: +1.42 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.74 V)
in1: +9.40 V (min = +10.08 V, max = +6.71 V) ALARM
AVCC: +3.36 V (min = +1.97 V, max = +4.05 V)
3VCC: +3.39 V (min = +0.45 V, max = +4.02 V)
in4: +1.71 V (min = +1.90 V, max = +0.68 V) ALARM
in5: +1.72 V (min = +1.78 V, max = +0.57 V) ALARM
in6: +5.68 V (min = +3.23 V, max = +4.84 V) ALARM
VSB: +3.36 V (min = +3.82 V, max = +2.90 V) ALARM
VBAT: +0.00 V (min = +3.98 V, max = +3.50 V) ALARM
in9: +1.54 V (min = +2.04 V, max = +2.04 V) ALARM
Case Fan: 2250 RPM (min = 2909 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
CPU Fan: 3013 RPM (min = 975 RPM, div = 8)
Aux Fan: 0 RPM (min = 1506 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan5: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 128)
Sys Temp: +31°C (high = +47°C, hyst = -1°C)
CPU Temp: +39.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)
AUX Temp: +39.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)


Does anyone know whether any of these metrics corresponds to my GPU?

[dtrapp]

This is also a noob question
Can you tell me where the mkdev.sh file is - I installed lm-sensors but cannot find the file.

[Nameless_one]

If you are running gutsy or later, I believe you don't need to run the mkdev.sh script. Check here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto).

If are running edgy or earlier, I think th idea is to create the mkdev.sh and run it yourself.

[carpman]

Does this guide still apply to Kubuntu Hardy?

If so where is this lm-sources it talks of running script in?

cheers

[Nameless_one]

There is no package lm-sources, if that's what you mean. The original poster means that you should run the mkdev.sh script from the source code of the package lm-sensors, but as of gutsy, that isn't necessary.

Also, if you need to run the script, create it yourself (cut and paste the script from this guide).

[DasCrushinator]

So what is the way to do it for Gutsy/Hardy?

[Nameless_one]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto

[DasCrushinator]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto

That still shows using the mkdev.sh script?

[Nameless_one]

I am sorry, I should have probably quoted directly from the bottom of the page:

In Gutsy the process to configure lm-sensors is much simpler. I installed lm-sensors and sensors-applet, ran sudo sensors-detect (and said yes to everything). It asks if I want it to automatically add the modules to /etc/modules, I said yes. Then restart to get the modules (one could do some modprobing, but just restarting is easier) . Then I added the sensor applet to my panel. -- SamTygier

[DasCrushinator]

I am sorry, I should have probably quoted directly from the bottom of the page:

Err, sorry about that. I just saw all the instructions from this post and didn't realize I could get away with just doing that.

Thanks!

[carpman]

I have done this but sensors-detect finds no sensors, which is odd as hardinfo finds two temps plus hard drive temp?

[DasCrushinator]

I have done this but sensors-detect finds no sensors, which is odd as hardinfo finds two temps plus hard drive temp?

What release are you using?

[carpman]

I am using Kubuntu hardy KDE4 remix

[markbuntu]

Hi, I got lm-sensors and it is working fine and found all my sensors and can be seen in my syslog and when I run sensors in the terminal I just have this one small problem:

May 22 17:02:26 mark-desktop sensord: Sensor alarm: Chip dme1737-i2c-0-2e: V5stby: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.64 V) [ALARM]

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +37.0°C

dme1737-i2c-0-2e
Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 0b00
V5stby: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.64 V) ALARM
Vccp: +1.12 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.99 V)
V3.3: +3.34 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.38 V)
V5: +5.15 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.64 V)
V12: +12.18 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +15.94 V)
V3.3stby: +3.34 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.38 V)
Vbat: +3.25 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.38 V)
CPU_Fan: 1781 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
Fan2: 1324 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
Fan4: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
RD1 Temp: +38.7°C (low = -127.0°C, high = +85.0°C)
Int Temp: +38.8°C (low = -127.0°C, high = +85.0°C)
CPU Temp: +47.2°C (low = -127.0°C, high = +85.0°C)
cpu0_vid: +1.550 V

Is there anyway to disable this V5stby sensor so I stop getting this message every minute?

Update: OK, I made a change in sensors3.conf according to the instructions and added

ignore in0


which is identified in sensors3.conf as V5stby like this

label in0 "V5stby"


I added it after the chip "dme 1737-*" statement.

sensors3.conf has a very good information and instruction section at the top.
I wish more .conf files were written like that.

I then ran sensors -s as suggested but sensord still reports an alarm on soft boot (ctrl-alt-Backspace) and the syslog reports this every minute.

The sensors applet no longer lists this sensor so the change seems to have worked for that but how can I change the sensord configuration since it appears that my motherboard does not seem to be using this particular sensor. It is an ASUS A8AE-LE motherboard (OEM) used in the HP Pavillion an1330 and others.

OK, fixed that. Hard reboot necessary. Duhhh... it is a hardware type thingy...

RTFM as they say...

I just hope this provides some help for someone.


I have tried this on both amd64 and 386i Hardy on this machine and can confirm that it works for both. No changes are necessary.

[dbn79]

Hello,

I am new to Ubuntu and have been having issues with my Sony PCV-RX550. When running xsensors my fan1 is running at ~4200 RPM - so it is a little loud. I've been working through directions on this page and others and seem to be making some progress, but I can't get the fan to slow down (expect when running pwmconfig correlation).

I've been able to change some of my settings as follows (not sure how useful they are, but at least I've been able to change them):

Settings of hwmon0/device/pwm2:
Depends on
Controls hwmon0/device/fan2_input
MINTEMP=37
MAXTEMP=41
MINSTART=90
MINSTOP=75
MINPWM=75
MAXPWM=80

Settings of hwmon0/device/pwm1:
Depends on hwmon0/device/temp1_input
Controls hwmon0/device/fan1_input
MINTEMP=37
MAXTEMP=41
MINSTART=150
MINSTOP=135
MINPWM=135
MAXPWM=140

When I run 'fancontrol start' I get the following message:
Enabling PWM on fans...
Starting automatic fan control...
/usr/sbin/fancontrol: line 265: ${tsens}: ambiguous redirect
Error reading temperature from /sys/class/hwmon/
Aborting, restoring fans...
Verify fans have returned to full speed

Not sure if this is useful, but when running sensors I get:
w83627hf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1: +1.71 V (min = +1.65 V, max = +2.05 V)
VCore 2: +0.05 V (min = +1.65 V, max = +2.05 V)
+3.3V: +3.33 V (min = +2.82 V, max = +3.79 V)
+5V: +5.13 V (min = +2.61 V, max = +3.09 V)
+12V: +11.80 V (min = +14.47 V, max = +11.61 V)
-12V: -12.11 V (min = +1.95 V, max = -1.83 V)
-5V: +3.54 V (min = +5.10 V, max = +0.93 V)
V5SB: +5.56 V (min = +5.91 V, max = +5.03 V)
VBat: +1.55 V (min = +1.76 V, max = +0.29 V)
fan1: 4218 RPM (min = 3534 RPM, div = 2)
fan2: 2177 RPM (min = 1584 RPM, div = 4)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 3082 RPM, div = 2)
temp1: -48.0°C (high = +123.0°C, hyst = -18.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: +38.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = diode
temp3: +37.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +1.750 V
beep_enable:enabled

Any suggestions? Thanks for any help...I'd like to actually run Ubuntu and move away from Windows a bit, but this fan speed is too much!

[rshel]

I really appreciate the ubuntu community for all of its kind efforts to help people. But it is really ridiculous that it takes such canoodling to get something as simple as temp sensors to work. And the only reason I need them to work is because Ubunut 8 is running so hot--despite the pre-release hype about running cooler than ever--that I fear I will fry my computer.

But thanks, again. Anybody recommend a good alternative to Ubuntu?

[wilberfan]

Anybody recommend a good alternative to Ubuntu?

Boy, you're in for it now! ;)

I'm pretty sure there are lot's of threads that discuss alternatives...but..since you asked...

I REALLY like Sidux. It's Debian based, takes less than 6 minutes to install (YMMV), and it's phenomenally easy to keep state-of-the-art (something I really enjoy) with it's "smxi" script. (It's KDE by default, though..if that's an issue for you.)

I don't know if configuring lm-sensors will be any easier (it's been awhile since I did that), but their IRC room is extremely helpful.

I tried a dozen or so distros before I landed on Sidux, and I literally stopped distroshopping when I found it.

But that's the cool thing about *nix--there's' something perfect (or nearly so) for everyone!

:guitar:

[jspiers]

Seems like it's gotten a lot easier to get sensors up and running since this thread was started; I don't think anyone has given a new how-to so I will. Thanks to the folks in this thread [ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=671015 ] I got it working quickly taking the following steps:

1. Open a terminal and do the ol' sudo apt-get install and install lm-sensors and sensors-applet.
2. After the install, run sudo sensors-detect and say Yes to everything.
3. Restart your computer.
4. Right-click the bar at the top of the screen and select Add to Panel. Find Hardware Sensors Monitor and click Add.


You can also type "sensors" into the terminal and get a readout like this:
slick@maritimus:~$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +9.0°C
Core0 Temp: +0.0°C
Core1 Temp: +12.0°C
Core1 Temp: +10.0°C

it8718-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.31 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +2.10 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.31 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in3: +2.94 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +3.02 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in5: +3.18 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +4.08 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in7: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in8: +3.07 V
fan1: 2710 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan5: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
temp1: +32.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
temp2: +36.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +70.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
temp3: +80.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
cpu0_vid: +1.550 V


A couple people asked this a while ago in this thread, and didn't get an answer as far as I saw, so I'll ask again: Anyone know what temp3 is?!?


I asked Gigabyte about the temp readings from my it8718 on my Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev 1.0) and they said temp3 is the reading from the Northbridge. But they gave no details as to how it is wired so as to get a useful calculation of the actual temperature. I'm getting 87 degrees which seems rather crazy. Does anyone have more details about the proper calculation for this sensor?

[Nullack]

On intrepid all I did was:

sudo apt-get install
sudo sensors-detect
Yes to everything
Reboot or load modules
sensors all work

This guide needs updating

[MaPeD]

Hmm... Heres my output and for some reason im getting negative readings on temp1 and sys temp.. and it cant be true unless my box has turned into a freezer

lm78-i2c-1-28
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at f000
VCore 1: +2.85 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +3.49 V)
VCore 2: +2.98 V (min = +0.26 V, max = +0.51 V) ALARM
+3.3V: +3.25 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.02 V) ALARM
+5V: +5.46 V (min = +0.03 V, max = +0.32 V) ALARM
+12V: +10.52 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.36 V) ALARM
-12V: -10.63 V (min = -0.78 V, max = -2.23 V) ALARM
-5V: -5.44 V (min = -3.18 V, max = -2.02 V) ALARM
fan1: 5152 RPM (min = 42187 RPM, div = 2) ALARM
fan2: 2721 RPM (min = -1 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 5192 RPM, div = 2) ALARM
temp1: -65.0°C (high = +0.0°C, hyst = +127.0°C) ALARM
cpu0_vid: +3.100 V

w83627dhg-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore: +1.42 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.74 V)
in1: +9.82 V (min = +0.84 V, max = +1.69 V) ALARM
AVCC: +3.25 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.02 V) ALARM
3VCC: +3.25 V (min = +0.02 V, max = +0.19 V) ALARM
in4: +1.38 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.05 V) ALARM
in5: +1.53 V (min = +0.11 V, max = +0.32 V) ALARM
in6: +5.79 V (min = +3.38 V, max = +2.15 V) ALARM
VSB: +3.25 V (min = +2.90 V, max = +0.06 V) ALARM
VBAT: +3.09 V (min = +2.11 V, max = +2.66 V) ALARM
Case Fan: 5113 RPM (min = 42187 RPM, div = 2) ALARM
CPU Fan: 2721 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
Aux Fan: 0 RPM (min = 5192 RPM, div = 4) ALARM
fan4: 0 RPM (min = 84375 RPM, div = 16) ALARM
fan5: 0 RPM (min = 7670 RPM, div = 2) ALARM
Sys Temp: -65.0°C (high = +0.0°C, hyst = +127.0°C) sensor = diode
CPU Temp: +33.5°C (high = +127.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C) ALARM sensor = diode
AUX Temp: +34.0°C (high = +127.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C) sensor = thermistor

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +16.0°C (crit = +85.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +13.0°C (crit = +85.0°C)

[jabertolin]

Sorry for the question, I have been following all the steps of this HOWTO and just got, from *sensors-detect the following:

coretemp

I installed it into /etc/modules and with *sensors I only can see core 0 and 1 however nothing else, I am not able to get so much information as all of you showed here. Am I missing something else?

I installed sensors-applets and I can monitor core 0 and 1, hddtemp and acpi TZ01 and TZ00 (btw which is the difference between core 0 and acpi TZ00?)

I am looking for to monitor also nvidia GPU but unable to do it

Thanks

KJAB

[adredz]

when i try to edit /etc/modules i get this error:

adred@adred-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo kate /etc/modules
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-adred" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-adred" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-adred" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

same things happens when editing alises:

adred@adred-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-adred" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-adred" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-adred" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

what should i do?:(

[patoy]

i'm struggling lm-sensors to work with nagios. whew..

[Meserias]

It's this lm-sensors stuff loaded from Synaptics work trough SNMP ??????!?! With scripts are working with no problem.
Please see this page down>>> http://82.78.165.3:8081/

Promlem: using SNMPwalk I simply get no data
root@NecServ:~# snmpwalk -v1 -c public localhost LM-SENSORS-MIB::lmTempSensorsTable
root@NecServ:~#
It's simply no answer to this list
I'm intending to use this with MRTG / RRDTool
Please help me...:confused:

[Lakjin]

lakjin@lakjin-laptop:~$ sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5016 (2007-11-11 22:20:16 +0100)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): y
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801H ICH8

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Load `i2c-i801' (say NO if built into your kernel)? (YES/no): y
Module loaded successfully.
If you have undetectable or unsupported adapters, you can have them
scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
Do you want to load `i2c-dev' now? (YES/no): y
Module loaded successfully.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 1c00 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Client found at address 0x44
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Client found at address 0x4c
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7466'... No
Probing for `Andigilog aSC7511'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021A/ADM1023'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617A'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1668'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1805'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1989'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6655/MAX6656'... No
Probing for `TI THMC10'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM84'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL523SM'... No
Probing for `Onsemi MC1066'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1619'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM82/LM83'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM90'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM89/LM99'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM86'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1032'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6657/MAX6658/MAX6659'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6648/MAX6692'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83L771W/G'... No
Probing for `Texas Instruments TMP401'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM63'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75363SG'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7461'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75383S/M'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595'... No
Probing for `VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some CPUs or memory controllers may also contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): y
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported. See doc/FAQ,
doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html or http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ
(FAQ #4.24.3) for further information.
If you find out what chips are on your board, check
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for driver status.


=( i followed those direction. why is it not working?

[dvelev]

Hello,
i have some problems with lm-sensors - when try to probe module i2c-sensors:
modprobe i2c-sensor
FATAL: Module i2c_sensor not found.

Here is my sensors-detect:
sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5016 (2007-11-11 22:20:16 +0100)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no):
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i810' for device 0000:00:02.0: Intel 82815 GMCH

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-i810' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported adapters, you can have them
scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: I810/I815 I2C Adapter (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Next adapter: I810/I815 DDC Adapter (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no):
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595'... No
Probing for `VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... Yes
Found `SMSC LPC47B357/M967 Super IO'
(no hardware monitoring capabilities)
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some CPUs or memory controllers may also contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no):
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported. See doc/FAQ,
doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html or http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ
(FAQ #4.24.3) for further information.
If you find out what chips are on your board, check
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for driver status.
And here is the lsmod output:
lsmod
Module Size Used by
i2c_dev 8836 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
ide_generic 2176 0 [permanent]
ide_disk 17536 0
ide_cd 32416 0
ide_core 114252 3 ide_generic,ide_disk,ide_cd
i810 19968 0
drm 82580 1 i810
eeprom 8208 0
i2c_i801 10640 0
lp 12324 0
loop 19076 0
ipv6 272804 28
serio_raw 7940 0
button 9232 0
snd_intel8x0 35356 0
snd_ac97_codec 100772 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 24836 1 snd_pcm
snd 56868 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8800 1 snd
i2c_i810 5636 0
evdev 12928 0
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit 7300 1 i2c_i810
i2c_core 24832 5 i2c_dev,eeprom,i2c_i801,i2c_i810,i2c_algo_bit
intel_agp 25620 1
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
parport_pc 36644 1
parport 37704 2 lp,parport_pc
agpgart 34760 2 drm,intel_agp
pcspkr 4224 0
psmouse 40208 0
ext3 136584 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36496 0
sr_mod 17828 0
cdrom 37280 2 ide_cd,sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 3
ata_generic 8324 0
floppy 59332 0
uhci_hcd 27152 0
e100 37516 0
usbcore 146028 2 uhci_hcd
ata_piix 19588 2
pata_acpi 8320 0
mii 6400 1 e100
libata 159344 3 ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 151180 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 16796 0
processor 37000 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42656 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 1

I use ubuntu 8.04.1 server with Compaq Deskpro EN SFF PIII-1000MHz
Any suggestion for this problem?

[detroit/zero]

I followed the tutorial step-by-step, and ran into problems. Most obvious is that when I try to run sudo update-modules, I get a notice saying that the "command is deprecated and should not be used". Here's my terminal history for each step, picking up after creating and running the mkdev.sh script:
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sensors-detect
You need to be root to run this script.
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo !!
sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5016 (2007-11-11 22:20:16 +0100)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): yes
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801G ICH7

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Load `i2c-i801' (say NO if built into your kernel)? (YES/no): yes
Module loaded successfully.
If you have undetectable or unsupported adapters, you can have them
scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
Do you want to load `i2c-dev' now? (YES/no): yes
Module loaded successfully.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 18c0 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): yes
Client found at address 0x44
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Handled by driver `eeprom' (already loaded), chip type `eeprom'
(note: this is probably NOT a sensor chip!)
Client found at address 0x52
Handled by driver `eeprom' (already loaded), chip type `eeprom'
(note: this is probably NOT a sensor chip!)

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595'... No
Probing for `VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some CPUs or memory controllers may also contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): yes
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `coretemp' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Chip `Intel Core family thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
coretemp
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines automatically? (yes/NO)yes
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modules
zero@zero-laptop:~$ /etc/init.d/module-init-tools
open: Permission denied
* Loading kernel modules... open: Permission denied
* Loading manual drivers... open: Permission denied
[ OK ]
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo !!
sudo /etc/init.d/module-init-tools
* Loading kernel modules... * Loading manual drivers... [ OK ]
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/local
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo update-modules

************************************************** **********************
*
* The update-modules command is deprecated and should not be used!
*
************************************************** **********************

zero@zero-laptop:~$ update-modules --help

************************************************** **********************
*
* The update-modules command is deprecated and should not be used!
*
************************************************** **********************

zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modules
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-sensor
FATAL: Module i2c_sensor not found.
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-viapro
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-isa
FATAL: Module i2c_isa not found.
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe it87
FATAL: Error inserting it87 (/lib/modules/2.6.24-20-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko): No such device
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo depmod -a
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sudo update-modules

************************************************** **********************
*
* The update-modules command is deprecated and should not be used!
*
************************************************** **********************
And, of course, my horrendously short sensors output. It doesn't even show my HDD temp, even though there is a sensor feeding output to my panel applet and an AWN temp applet. I'm just trying to find a way to pipe these outputs into conky (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5548586&postcount=3218) so I can ditch the panel and AWN applets.
zero@zero-laptop:~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +48.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +47.0°C (crit = +100.0°C) Where did I go wrong?

[emperor]

lm-sensors apparently detected no sensors with the exception of the Intel coretemp. If your motherboard has sensor chips, they are apparently not supported by lm-sensors.
At least in the version of lm-sensors you have installed from Ubuntu's repo.

The hard drive temperature is read by "hddtemp" not lm-sensors so no detection here.

[Ripose]

When you installed lm-sensors using Synaptic did you also install the "recommended" packages? i2c, read-edid & sensord

I also installed hardinfo for a graphical interface, this will be installed as "System Profiler & Benchmark" under System-Preferences.

I then ran sensor-detect, answered y to everything, at the end it automatically wrote the changes to etc/modules: for me.

Reboot!

All info shows up in System Profiler & Benchmark (click on sensors), although I still need to change a file somewhere so cpu temp is displayed instead of Temp 3, MB instead of Temp 2, etc.

I did not follow any of the originally posted complicated code.

[rustamb]

do we really need lm-sensors on ubuntu 8.04? Doesn't powernowd do the work?

[amigaone_xe]

Anyone know if Intel Core2Quad (Q9550 - 45nm yorkfiled) is supported by lm-sensors?
I can't get it to work and the "supported device"-list on lm-sensors homepage says it supports Core/Core2, but maybe the Core2Quad isn't included there?

Is there any way to get it to work?
I'm running ubuntu 8.04.1 and lm-sensors 3.0.0

[Ripose]

do we really need lm-sensors on ubuntu 8.04? Doesn't powernowd do the work?
powernowd is used for things such as CPU speed (frequency). For example my PC runs at 1000 MHz, but if something needs a faster speed than it will go 1800 MHz or 2400 MHz. The way the speed is incremented is set with powernowd (voltages too).

lm-sensors displays current temperatures, voltages, etc.

[Ripose]

It does not appear that lm-sensors supports the Intel Quad. At least it is not the website list: http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices

Note: The ALPHA version of lm-sensors Install Wizard is now available at above website.

[deepclutch]

coretemp module shows wrong temperatures with my 2.4Ghz C2D .:( yes ,this is a 2.6.26 kernel.reason:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/18/190
so ,it shows 56 degrees idle temp for cores.original temperature -you have to subtract 16 from the reading.that is , 56-16= 40 .

still no fix kya?:confused:

[ram zu]

System Ubuntu 8.04
I've installed lm-sensors
"sudo sensors-detect" with yes in all questions

Result of sensors:

pedro@Home-Server:~$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +29.0°C

w83697hf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore: +1.10 V (min = +0.40 V, max = +0.03 V)
+3.3V: +3.30 V (min = +0.26 V, max = +0.00 V)
+5V: +5.03 V (min = +6.02 V, max = +4.41 V)
+12V: +11.31 V (min = +5.84 V, max = +0.06 V)
-12V: +0.72 V (min = -10.30 V, max = -9.56 V)
-5V: +5.10 V (min = -7.46 V, max = -4.49 V)
V5SB: +5.51 V (min = +5.19 V, max = +0.00 V)
VBat: +0.00 V (min = +0.29 V, max = +0.00 V)
fan1: 1454 RPM (min = 3375 RPM, div = 8)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 33750 RPM, div = 4)
temp1: +37.0°C (high = +0.0°C, hyst = +100.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: +33.5°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
beep_enable:enabled


I think that is everything correct but I dont know how to make use of this information.
I've installed "X-Sensors" but nothing happens when executed.
Tryng to use this in conky but dont know what parameter to use (conky is working fine).

Any help will be very apreciated.
Thanks to all.

[Tanker Bob]

I think that is everything correct but I know I cant make use of this information.
I'v installed "X-Sensors" but nothing happens when executed.
Tryng to use this in conky but dont know what parameter to use (conky is working fine).

I'm not sure what your issue is. Everything looks like it's working fine. What do you want to do?

[ram zu]

The problem was with x-sensors not working. I execute but no information displayed.
I've install the applet and is working now on the panel.
Only have two questions now. How can I know what temperature is temp1, temp2 and core0. The other question is how can I add this information to conky?

[Tanker Bob]

Got it. I use ksensors with KDE, so am not familiar with those programs. Did you install libsensors3 and libsensors4, plus whatever other support that x-sensors lists? That's the only thing that comes to mind.

[jjgomera]

The problem was with x-sensors not working. I execute but no information displayed.
I've install the applet and is working now on the panel.
Only have two questions now. How can I know what temperature is temp1, temp2 and core0. The other question is how can I add this information to conky?
look up in directory /sys/bus where are your sensors and write it here

to configure in conky it depends from that

[ram zu]

What was supposed to find in the dir /sys/bus?
There are a lot of dirs there but can't find anything related to lm-sensors.

[jjgomera]

For example, for me this is the output of sensors command:

jjgomera@ordenata:~$ sensors
it8718-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.20 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +1.84 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.23 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in3: +3.01 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +2.96 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in5: +0.67 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +0.70 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in7: +2.90 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in8: +3.07 V
fan1: 2777 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
temp1: +40.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
temp2: +39.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
temp3: +25.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
cpu0_vid: +0.913 V



and if i look same directory not empty for in /sys/bus, i found only useful sensors in /sys/bus/platform/drivers/it87/it87.656

And really is there where sensors are:

jjgomera@ordenata:~$ ls /sys/bus/platform/drivers/it87/it87.656
alarms in0_max in3_max in6_max subsystem temp3_input
cpu0_vid in0_min in3_min in6_min temp1_input temp3_max
driver in1_input in4_input in7_input temp1_max temp3_min
fan1_input in1_max in4_max in7_max temp1_min temp3_type
fan1_min in1_min in4_min in7_min temp1_type uevent
fan2_input in2_input in5_input in8_input temp2_input vrm
fan2_min in2_max in5_max modalias temp2_max
hwmon in2_min in5_min name temp2_min
in0_input in3_input in6_input power temp2_type
jjgomera@ordenata:~$


For example, for fan:

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/5311/pantallazo2cc7.png

I'm lucky and conky support platform devices, so i can use conky platform variable, for fan i use:
${platform it87.656 fan 1}

Conky support other devices like i2c, hwmon, really i dont know if your sensors is supported by conky itself.

But no problem if conky dont support your sensors, in my system, if conky dont support platform, i could use:
${execi 5 cat /sys/bus/platform/drivers/it87/it87.656/fan1_input}
and work too, its heavier resources although

[ram zu]

Thanks a lot JJgomera.
I was melting my brain trying to discover how to put that sensor to work.

Now I just need to guess witch of the temp sensors is related to the CPU.

Once again... many Kudos to you.

Gracias neighbor

[Despot Despondency]

Hey, great how to. Everything seems to have installed correctly. A couple of questions though

1) When I got to the stage of doing the command

sudo depmod -a

I got a message saying it was depreciated. Do I need to run any other command?

2) When I type sensors I get the following output


k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +34.0°C
Core1 Temp: +34.0°C

dme1737-i2c-0-2e
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c00
V5stby: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.64 V) ALARM
Vccp: +1.12 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.99 V)
V3.3: +3.35 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.38 V)
V5: +5.08 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.64 V)
V12: +12.07 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +15.94 V)
V3.3stby: +3.31 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.38 V)
Vbat: +3.03 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.38 V)
CPU_Fan: 1365 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
Fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
Fan4: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
RD1 Temp: +36.1°C (low = -127.0°C, high = +91.0°C)
Int Temp: +38.2°C (low = -127.0°C, high = +91.0°C)
CPU Temp: +32.2°C (low = -127.0°C, high = +91.0°C)
cpu0_vid: +1.550 V



How do I find out what things like V5stby actually correspond to? I've never used lm-sensors before so most of the readings are random to me.

3) In section 5) I tried

sudo modprobe i2c-sensor

but got FATAL:i2c_sensor not found. Do I need to worry about this?

Cheers in advance

[z00t]

Hi, I get this error trying to install lmsensors... What am I doing wrong?

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package lm-sensors is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package lm-sensors has no installation candidate

I get this as well. Have a vanilla install of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX540. Installed fresh an hour ago with only openssh-server installed since.

[tnvkrishna]

The output of
command sudo sensors is just.

krishna@talupula:~$ sudo sensors
[sudo] password for krishna:
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +46.0°C (crit = +85.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +45.0°C (crit = +85.0°C)

I think something is wrong .....
Could you please help me.
I am using ubuntu 8.04 64bit
core 2 duo 1.83GHz.

[b0k]

Hi, I get this error trying to install lmsensors... What am I doing wrong?

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package lm-sensors is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package lm-sensors has no installation candidate

The same thing happens to me when i try to install lm-sensors. :/

[Tanker Bob]

It's in the main repositories, so it should be available. If you cannot get it there, try downloading and installing it directly from the repository here (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/utils/lm-sensors). You may have to ensure that you've installed all the required support packages.

[havok1977]

Hello everyone, i am having trouble setting up lm-sensors from 8.10 on my Sony Vaio VGN-S170F laptop...

The i2c modules are compiled and loaded into my running kernel; and the sensors-detect script does find my chipset:


Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 1880 (i2c-0)


And yet not a single sensor is detected:


Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no):
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no):
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Sorry, no sensors were detected.


I seriously doubt that the laptop does not have any sensors... i have also tried with the SVN version of lm-sensors and got the same results.

Any ideas?

[ubuser_7]

The output of
command sudo sensors is just.

krishna@talupula:~$ sudo sensors
[sudo] password for krishna:
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +46.0°C (crit = +85.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +45.0°C (crit = +85.0°C)



I have the exact same problem. Did you find a solution?

Sensors-detect only detects the coretemp module. I have a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU, E4600 @ 2.40GHz

I am running hardy.


Linux xml1 2.6.24-21-server #1 SMP Tue Oct 21 23:40:13 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

[Seba4.0]

Hi,

Im new to conky and I'm trying to have the temps from both cores (T7200) displayed.
Running sensors in the terminal gives me this output;

seba@ARP-8944:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +43.0°C (crit = +107.0°C)
temp2: +49.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp3: +44.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp4: +40.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp5: +41.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp6: +40.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)

I've tried using the folowing lines in conky;

${color b0e2ff}${exec sensors | grep 'coretemp'}
${execi 60 sensors |grep temp | cut -c15-16}

This gives me the temperature (just the 2 digits) for all thermal zones.
Can someone explain how to display only temp1 and temp6
I've tried using cut --help in the terminal but frankly I don't understand how to use the different parameters.
Thanks, Seba

Edit: Never mind, I've figured it out.
Cheers

[GepettoBR]

Thanks for the howto, it worked!

Hi,

Im new to conky and I'm trying to have the temps from both cores (T7200) displayed.
Running sensors in the terminal gives me this output;

seba@ARP-8944:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +43.0°C (crit = +107.0°C)
temp2: +49.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp3: +44.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp4: +40.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp5: +41.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)
temp6: +40.0°C (crit = +106.0°C)

I've tried using the folowing lines in conky;

${color b0e2ff}${exec sensors | grep 'coretemp'}
${execi 60 sensors |grep temp | cut -c15-16}

This gives me the temperature (just the 2 digits) for all thermal zones.
Can someone explain how to display only temp1 and temp6
I've tried using cut --help in the terminal but frankly I don't understand how to use the different parameters.
Thanks, Seba

Edit: Never mind, I've figured it out.
Cheers

Try making two separate commands (one for temp1 and one for temp6). Instead of piping them both through "grep temp", use "grep temp1" on one and "grep temp6" on the other.

EDIT: It's worth mentioning that you can also pipe the command through grep more than once.

[jdorenbush]

I'm stuck at Steps 3 and 4. I got passed the part of getting the modules into my /etc/modules file and that's about it.

# Generated by sensors-detect on Mon Dec 1 19:16:56 2008
# I2C adapter drivers
i2c-nforce2
# Chip drivers
# no driver for Analog Devices ADT7475 yet
it87
k8temp

And I don't even have this file, /etc/modprobe.d/local

and Step 4 has lost me. Based off my sensors-detect above can someone help put Step 4 together for me please?

Any word on GUI tool for fan control?? =]

[Thameslink]

I'm a bit stuck.
I'm trying to get lm-sensors working right on my vaio vgn-n38z
I need to control the fan speed

I run the script
it says

/dev/i2c-0
/home/jake/Desktop/mkdev.sh: 25: +: not found
/dev/i2c-0
mknod: `/dev/i2c-0': File exists


which I don't understand, but I don't think it's right.

after going through the rest of the steps i run sensors and get

jake@jake-vaio:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +52.0°C (crit = +105.0°C)
temp2: +52.0°C (crit = +105.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +54.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +52.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

jake@jake-vaio:~$ sudo modprobe it87
FATAL: Error inserting it87 (/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko): No such device


I think the it87 thing is the vpm module i need, but I'm quite far out of my depth. I only installed ubuntu 1 week ago.

Can anyone help me please?

[quazar]

I'm trying to display lm_sensors data on my 2x16 LCD running LCDd/lcdproc.

For the script I'm trying to run (lcdsensors.pl (http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~nvanhell/LCDsensors.html)), I need a location for the k8temp sensor.
I found the it8718 chipset sensor under /sys/devices/platform/:
## variables regarding lm_sensors, update these conform to your system
my $chip='/sys/devices/platform/it87.552'; # directory where lm_sensors writes its data

But I cannot find the k8temp sensor in the directory /sys/devices/platform/

Is there a way to get the k8temp sensor files in that directory?

Edit: found the sensor under /sys/bus/pci/drivers/k8temp/0000:00:18.3

[alzekak]

Hey there, since I've been having issues installing lm-sensors properly for a while now on 8.10, (following any kinda guide i've found so far) I concluded on installing the sensors-applet for the gnome panel which works perfectly so far.

It may not be the ideal solution since you don't really get all the indications you could get with lm-sensors yet still it's an alternative.

Hope to have helped,
Alexander.

[newbie2]

lm-sensors 3.0.3

This is a completely reworked package, for Linux 2.6.5+. It supports all the devices your kernel supports, as it no longer contains chip-specific code.
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Download

[newbie2]

isn't it possible to 'integrate' lm-sensors into Hardware-info (http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-guide-for-windows-users-display-system-hardware-information.html)?...all info about my CPU sensors i get in this 'hardware-info' is this :

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4175/screenshot01j.th.png (http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot01j.png)

:rolleyes::-(

[narsaw]

Anyone knows why my output from sensors haves these weird characters? They look like ( Â ).

Also, is my cpu temp +22 or +30. I see Core0 and Cpu Temp reported below.


% sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +40.0°C (crit = +75.0°C)

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +22.0°C

it8712-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1: +1.12 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
VCore 2: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
+3.3V: +3.28 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
+5V: +4.81 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V)
+12V: +12.42 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)
-12V: -4.90 V (min = -27.36 V, max = +3.93 V)
-5V: -13.64 V (min = -13.64 V, max = +4.03 V) ALARM
Stdby: +4.81 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V)
VBat: +3.06 V
fan1: 1117 RPM (min = 811 RPM, div = 8)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8)
M/B Temp: +23.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
CPU Temp: +30.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
Temp3: +25.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
cpu0_vid: +0.875 V

[deepclutch]

huh.it has to do with locale support("locale" command will list your default locale.mine is en_US.utf8).you add this sensors-applet(install first) and to Gnome-Panel.it works.

[afeasfaerw23231233]

It cannot detect the voltage scanner. I am sure it must has voltage sensors because I can see the voltage of CPU in Windows. What to do?

[Deathray]

This is all I get, how come? My motherboard is an Asus P5Q Pro and I really like Ubuntu too much too uninstall it just because of the fan being so loud! :(

deathray@deathray-desktop:~$ sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5249 (2008-05-11 22:56:25 +0200)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): YES
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel ICH10

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-i801' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 0400 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x4f
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621/DS1631'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): YES
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xa513
(logical device B has address 0x290, could be sensors)
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): YES
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `coretemp' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Chip `Intel Core family thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
coretemp
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines automatically? (yes/NO)YES
deathray@deathray-desktop:~$
deathray@deathray-desktop:~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +33.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +33.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +34.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +30.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

deathray@deathray-desktop:~$

[miegiel]

Better late then never :)

All 4 of my k8temp-pci-00c3 outputs go up and down when I stress my GPU with the glxgears command, so I'm pretty sure it's my graphics card.

GPUs have cores too and that's probably what k8temp-pci-00c3 also senses in your case. I'm trying to figure out what exactly is being sensed here and if the the temps are accurate. It might be that they are (in my case) 4 GPU temp sensors, but it wouldn't surprise me if only 1 is and another senses my cards memory. And a 3rd might not be a temp sensor at all and actually be sensing the rpm of the cards fan.

Anyone knows why my output from sensors haves these weird characters? They look like ( Â ).

Also, is my cpu temp +22 or +30. I see Core0 and Cpu Temp reported below.


% sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +40.0°C (crit = +75.0°C)

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +22.0°C

it8712-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1: +1.12 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
VCore 2: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
+3.3V: +3.28 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
+5V: +4.81 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V)
+12V: +12.42 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)
-12V: -4.90 V (min = -27.36 V, max = +3.93 V)
-5V: -13.64 V (min = -13.64 V, max = +4.03 V) ALARM
Stdby: +4.81 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V)
VBat: +3.06 V
fan1: 1117 RPM (min = 811 RPM, div = 8)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8)
M/B Temp: +23.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
CPU Temp: +30.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
Temp3: +25.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = transistor
cpu0_vid: +0.875 V


My sensors output :
:~$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +34.0°C
Core0 Temp: +35.0°C
Core1 Temp: +28.0°C
Core1 Temp: +27.0°C

it8716-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore: +1.18 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
VDDR: +1.28 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
+3.3V: +3.31 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
+5V: +4.95 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +5.99 V)
+12V: +12.10 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)
in5: +1.18 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +2.30 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
5VSB: +4.87 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V)
VBat: +3.33 V
fan1: 1358 RPM (min = 3245 RPM)
fan2: 1618 RPM (min = 3245 RPM)
fan3: 1704 RPM (min = 3245 RPM)
temp1: +47.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +84.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
temp2: +47.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +84.0°C) sensor = transistor
temp3: +53.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +84.0°C) sensor = transistor
cpu0_vid: +1.550 V

[alek66]

I hope I can get started this week, when Its done i´ll post my experiences and probably my issues!

Cheers

[vampire666eng]

I have an Asus P5Q-E, I followed the instructions on the first post but it looks like the program couldn't find any sensors?

alain@VAMPIRE666:~$ sudo ./mkdev.sh
/dev/i2c-0
/dev/i2c-1
/dev/i2c-2
/dev/i2c-3
/dev/i2c-4
/dev/i2c-5
/dev/i2c-6
/dev/i2c-7
/dev/i2c-8
/dev/i2c-9
/dev/i2c-10
/dev/i2c-11
/dev/i2c-12
/dev/i2c-13
/dev/i2c-14
/dev/i2c-15
/dev/i2c-16
/dev/i2c-17
/dev/i2c-18
/dev/i2c-19
/dev/i2c-20
/dev/i2c-21
/dev/i2c-22
/dev/i2c-23
/dev/i2c-24
/dev/i2c-25
/dev/i2c-26
/dev/i2c-27
/dev/i2c-28
/dev/i2c-29
/dev/i2c-30
/dev/i2c-31
./mkdev.sh: line 32: b.: comando non trovato
./mkdev.sh: line 36: c.: comando non trovato
/dev/i2c-0
mknod: "/dev/i2c-0": Il file esiste
alain@VAMPIRE666:~$ sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5249 (2008-05-11 22:56:25 +0200)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): y
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel ICH10

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Load `i2c-i801' (say NO if built into your kernel)? (YES/no): y
Module loaded successfully.
If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
Do you want to load `i2c-dev' now? (YES/no): y
Module loaded successfully.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x49
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM77'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621/DS1631'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM92'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM76'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x2e
Probing for `Myson MTP008'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM80'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM85 or LM96000'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1027, ADT7460 or ADT7463'... No
Probing for `SMSC EMC6D100, EMC6D101 or EMC6D102'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7462'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7467 or ADT7468'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7470'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7473'... Success!
(confidence 5, driver `to-be-written')
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7475'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7476'... No
Probing for `Andigilog aSC7611'... No
Probing for `Andigilog aSC7621'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM87'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM93'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83792D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83793R/G'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791SD'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627DHG'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.1)'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.2)'... No
Probing for `Asus ASB100 Bach'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83L786NR/NG/R/G'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83L785TS-S'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM9240'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1780'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM81'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1026'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1025'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1029'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1030'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1031'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1022'... No
Probing for `Texas Instruments THMC50'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1028'... No
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'... No
Probing for `SMSC DME1737'... No
Probing for `SMSC SCH5027D-NW'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75373S/SG'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75375S/SP'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75387SG/RG'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1024'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791D'... No

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 0400 (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xa513
(logical device B has address 0x290, could be sensors)
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): y
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `to-be-written' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Bus `NVIDIA i2c adapter '
Busdriver `UNKNOWN', I2C address 0x2e
Chip `Analog Devices ADT7473' (confidence: 5)

Driver `coretemp' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Chip `Intel Core family thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# Chip drivers
# no driver for Analog Devices ADT7473 yet
coretemp
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines automatically? (yes/NO)y


Any help?

[abjt]

doesn't work with integrated intel. I have a DG45FC mobo and sensors cannot detect the temp or voltage

[cb_rex]

I have an Asus P5Q-E, I followed the instructions on the first post but it looks like the program couldn't find any sensors?
...
Any help?



This is all I get, how come? My motherboard is an Asus P5Q Pro and I really like Ubuntu too much too uninstall it just because of the fan being so loud! :(
...


I was getting a similar issue to you with my ASUS P5Q SE, with it only showing my core temperatures and nothing else. I found this thread (http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=871001) that helped me out.

Essentially running "sudo modprobe w83627ehf force_id=0x8860" and then "sensors -s" and then "sensors" revealed all the sensor information that had been missing.

I also added the lines:

echo "$(modprobe w83627ehf force_id=0x8860)"
echo "$(sensors -s)"

into the "etc/rc.local" file to load the correct sensors information for my motherboard on boot up, so now my sensors applet displays everything properly.

I don't know how to control the fan speeds in ubuntu, I just use the quiet setting in the BIOS, which seems to take care of everything.

[EDIT 2nd November 2009]

I've just performed a clean install of Karmic 9.10 and encountered some slight issues as described >HERE< (http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=871001&page=2).

I found that initially the sensors didn't work, so I decided to update my motherboard to the latest BIOS on the ASUS website. After doing this I could see temperatures, but not fan speeds.

To fix this I first tried the "acpi_enforce_resources=lax" into grub menu.lst file; as described in post 15 from the above link, however this didn't work. After a bit of reading round >HERE< (http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/418246) (post 11 was when it all made sense, thanks Stefan), I realised it was due to me having Grub 2 as I had done a clean install not an upgrade from 9.04. Essentially its the same fix but the file is in a different place...

/etc/default/grub

Here I inserted: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_enforce_resources=lax"
Saved and closed then in the terminal ran: update-grub
Then rebooted.

After reboot I applied the modprobe fix exactly as I describe above for 9.04 and it seems to be working fine again.

[Wookiee]

edit: Nevermind, I've got it configured and set up. But it seems my sensors aren't supported by x sensor.

[iamboredr]

nice info men wow great to use thanks

[Shekibobo]

The only thing my sensors detected was the intel-chipset cpus:

josh@ubuntu:~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +52.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +54.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)


And it automatically added the lines of code required:

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `coretemp' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Chip `Intel Core family thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
coretemp
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines automatically? (yes/NO)

I apparently didn't need to do anything else because the sensors command seems to work just fine. I just don't get much info. Might be because I'm on a laptop, though.

[sharkcohen]

Is anyone using lm-sensors with the Intel Core i7 965 Extreme? I'm seeing temps of about 65C at idle with lm-sensors. Is this accurate, can I trust what lm-sensors and coretemp are reporting?

[cyberkost]

I'm not using i7 965, but I read that:
1) many temp sensors return not the temp, but delta to critical temp. So, the reading is a function of how correctly the critical temp is set in the BIOS
2) lm-sensors do a bit of math that is sensor specific. The formulas may be wrong, chances of that are higher for newer/rarer hardware.
Can you check temp in a Windows environment?

[o0Chris0o]

ok I installed lm-sensors and everything. I don't think its listing right. Please have a look.

chris@TuX:~$ sensors
it8712-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1: +1.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
VCore 2: +4.08 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
+3.3V: +3.28 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
+5V: +6.85 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V) ALARM
+12V: +12.80 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)
-12V: -14.97 V (min = -27.36 V, max = +3.93 V)
-5V: +4.03 V (min = -13.64 V, max = +4.03 V) ALARM
Stdby: +6.85 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +6.85 V) ALARM
VBat: +3.17 V
fan1: 2509 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
M/B Temp: +45.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
CPU Temp: +31.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
Temp3: -128.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = disabled
cpu0_vid: +0.763 V


any ideas? I am trying to get the temperatures/fan speed for my Motherboard, Processor and 4 cores for conky. My computer information is in my sig.

[miegiel]

@o0Chris0o, the calculations of the sensor output are probably wrong. If you're worried that there might be something wrong with the PSU go to the BIOS and check the voltages there. In any case at 4V your CPU would have already died.

[Greyhound-]

I have an Intel Core i7 on a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard and am running Ubuntu 9.04. I've been trying like crazy to get lm-sensors to work but seem to be failing miserably. Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I first installed lm-sensors through the repository, ran sensors-detect.. had not luck, then I installed it from source, same thing happened again. Here's the output I get from running sensors-detect:

# sensors-detect revision 5666 (2009-02-26 17:15:04 +0100)
# System: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD5

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no):
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal and voltage sensors... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x290, driver `it87')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such interfaces.
This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI interfaces?
(YES/no):
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (yes/NO): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no):
Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel ICH10
Module i2c-i801 loaded successfully.
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Client found at address 0x2e
Probing for `Myson MTP008'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM80'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM85'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM96000 or PC8374L'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1027'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7460 or ADT7463'... No
Probing for `SMSC EMC6D100 or EMC6D101'... No
Probing for `SMSC EMC6D102'... No
Probing for `SMSC EMC6D103'... No
Probing for `Winbond WPCD377I'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7467 or ADT7468'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7470'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7473'... Success!
(confidence 5, driver `adt7473')
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7475'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7476'... No
Probing for `Andigilog aSC7611'... No
Probing for `Andigilog aSC7621'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM87'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1024'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM93'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83792D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83793R/G'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627DHG'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.1)'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.2)'... No
Probing for `Asus ASB100 Bach'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83L786NR/NG/R/G'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83L785TS-S'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM9240'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1780'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM81'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1026'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1025'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1029'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1030'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1031'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1022'... No
Probing for `Texas Instruments THMC50'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1028'... No
Probing for `Texas Instruments THMC51'... No
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'... No
Probing for `SMSC DME1737'... No
Probing for `SMSC SCH5027D-NW'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75373S/SG'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75375S/SP'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75387SG/RG'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791SD'... No

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-4)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-5)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x51
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x53
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 0500 (i2c-6)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x4e
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621/DS1631'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021A/ADM1023'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617A'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1668'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1805'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1989'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6655/MAX6656'... No
Probing for `TI THMC10'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM84'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL523SM'... No
Probing for `Onsemi MC1066'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1618'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1619'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM82/LM83'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6654/MAX6690'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6659'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6647'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681'... No
Probing for `Texas Instruments TMP411'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM64'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75121R/F75122R/RG (VID+GPIO)'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75111R/RG/N (GPIO)'... No
Probing for `ITE IT8201R/IT8203R/IT8206R/IT8266R'... Yes
(confidence 6, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `it87':
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Driver `adt7473':
* Bus `NVIDIA i2c adapter '
Busdriver `nvidia', I2C address 0x2e
Chip `Analog Devices ADT7473' (confidence: 5)

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel Core family thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no):
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required
kernel modules.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK
Unloading i2c-i801... OK

[miegiel]

I have an Intel Core i7 on a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard and am running Ubuntu 9.04. I've been trying like crazy to get lm-sensors to work but seem to be failing miserably. Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I first installed lm-sensors through the repository, ran sensors-detect.. had not luck, then I installed it from source, same thing happened again. Here's the output I get from running sensors-detect:

In hardy I'd say add# lm-sensors for Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
it87
coretemp too the end of your /etc/modules file. But your sensors-detect out put is different from mine :( so possibly stuff has changed ? Do you have a /etc/modules file?

[Greenwidth]

Thanks for the HOW TO!
I seem to be getting conflicting results though from SMBus and ISA.. Not really important but how do I stop SMBus reporting? Remove it from etc/modules ?

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +40.0°C (crit = +75.0°C)

w83791d-i2c-1-2d
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 1c80
in0: +1.26 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +3.06 V)
in1: +1.54 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +3.06 V)
in2: +1.26 V (min = +2.82 V, max = +3.79 V) ALARM
in3: +3.06 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
in4: +1.04 V (min = +0.26 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
in5: +1.12 V (min = +1.02 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
in6: +1.25 V (min = +0.03 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
in7: +2.98 V (min = +0.51 V, max = +1.02 V) ALARM
in8: +3.22 V (min = +1.02 V, max = +2.11 V) ALARM
in9: +2.10 V (min = +1.02 V, max = +0.51 V) ALARM
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 168750 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan2: 0 RPM (min = -1 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan3: 0 RPM (min = -1 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan4: 0 RPM (min = -1 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan5: 0 RPM (min = -1 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
temp1: -9.0°C (high = +0.0°C, hyst = +4.0°C)
temp2: -7.5°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)
temp3: -10.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)
cpu0_vid: +1.419 V
beep_enable:enabled

it8718-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.22 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +3.30 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
in3: +2.99 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +2.94 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in5: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
in6: +0.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
in7: +2.93 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in8: +2.99 V
fan1: 1155 RPM (min = 3245 RPM) ALARM
fan2: 868 RPM (min = 3245 RPM) ALARM
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
temp1: +23.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
temp2: +29.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp3: -55.0°C (low = -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +0.000 V

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +36.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +32.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +36.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +31.0°C (high = +82.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

[miegiel]

Thanks for the HOW TO!
I seem to be getting conflicting results though from SMBus and ISA.. Not really important but how do I stop SMBus reporting? Remove it from etc/modules ?

In short yes, or put a # at the start of the line.

Running sensors-detect again and checking the "confidence" of the different sensors might be wise too.

[Greenwidth]

Running sensors-detect again and checking the "confidence" of the different sensors might be wise too.

Good plan - SMBus scores a 5 and ISA gets 9 so i'll go with that :)

[jetbelbes]

Hi guys!

I'm quite new to lm-sensors. Anyway, I tried sudo sensors-detect but after answering YES to all questions, here's the terminal output.

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported. See
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ/Chapter3 for further information.
If you find out what chips are on your board, check
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for driver status.

Please help me. I'm using ACER Travelmate 2420 and I badly need lm-sensors because this laptop heats up a lot and to a very high temp and, at times, even auto-shuts down because of the heat. Thanks!

-Jet

[Tanker Bob]

If sensors-detect didn't find any sensors, lmsensors probably doesn't support your motherboard. That's a lot more common on laptops that all have custom boards.

[jetbelbes]

Oh, If lmsensors does not support my motherboard, is there any other motherboard detection software/support that might be compatible with my board?:popcorn:

[edemkrimea]

The tutorial is great . However here is my sensors output . Could you point me what happened to M/B Temp and CPU Temp lines? Thanks in advance

[miegiel]

The tutorial is great . However here is my sensors output . Could you point me what happened to M/B Temp and CPU Temp lines? Thanks in advance

Open /etc/sensors3.conf (disclaimer: I'm using hardy (8.04)) and search it for "it8712-" to find the stuff on your sensor.

Quoting from the temperature section of the it8712 sensor:
# Important - if your temperature readings are completely whacky
# you probably need to change the sensor type.
# Adujst and uncomment the appropriate lines below.

I'm guessing Temp3 is your CPU temperature, since it's a thermal diode.

[Laysan_A]

@jetbelbes

I'm sorry you can't find a solution for your laptop.

I read your post and I wanted to offer you a warning (slightly off topic). I had (actually still do) an inspiron 8000 with a pIII that always ran hot (they were a very hot chip). I didn't have any monitoring software, didn't even know that I should have. Anyway, it started just dying unexpectedly, at first very rarely, but then more and more often until it finally wouldn't even stay on long enough to finish loading windows.

I didn't know what the problem was until I spent the money for a refirbished mb and a used processor to fix it with. When I opened the case I discovered that the heat sink was completely empty of coolant - it had all leaked out over time.

If you have a windows partition I'd use it to find out what temp you're operating at, and check your processor's temp. limits (google it at the manufacturer's site). I don't think your laptop should ever overheat if everything's working properly (you're not blocking the vents are you?). Check your fans for good speed and smooth operation.

If your operating temp. and the processor's specs don't align, ie. you're operating outside the safe operating zone, you need to fix it or you'll likely lose it. You might look at ebay for inexpensive parts (buyer beware, though [my refirbished mb went bad]).

Good luck.

[tonydunno]

I'm having trouble with my pwmconfig.

Found the following PWM controls:
hwmon2/device/pwm1
hwmon2/device/pwm2
hwmon2/device/pwm3
There are no usable PWM outputs.


Though my sensors cleary reads out the fans


nelis@nelis-desktop:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +41.0°C (crit = +70.0°C)
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +36.0°C
Core1 Temp: -49.0°C
f71862fg-isa-0220
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.70 V
in1: +2.04 V
in2: +1.20 V
in3: +2.04 V
in4: +1.34 V
in5: +1.18 V
in6: +1.18 V
in7: +1.68 V
in8: +1.66 V
fan1: 2538 RPM
fan2: 2222 RPM
fan3: 0 RPM ALARM
temp1: +41.0°C (high = +85.0°C, hyst = +81.0°C)
(crit = +70.0°C, hyst = +66.0°C) sensor = transistor
temp2: +89.0°C (high = +85.0°C, hyst = +81.0°C) ALARM
(crit = +100.0°C, hyst = +96.0°C) sensor = transistor
temp3: +44.0°C (high = +254.0°C, hyst = +252.0°C)
(crit = +254.0°C, hyst = +252.0°C) sensor = transistor




Anyone got an idea on how to deal with this ?

I did read through http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=42737

[Laysan_A]

I'd be interested if there's a fix for this too. Pwmconfig finds my case fan okay, but doesn't know my processor fan exists.

[VastOne]

I have a new MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard and have run into this with sensors-detect:

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `to-be-written':
* Chip `AMD K10 thermal sensors' (confidence: 9)
* Bus `SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 0b00'
Busdriver `i2c_piix4', I2C address 0x2e
Chip `Fintek F75387SG/RG' (confidence: 7)

Note: there is no driver for AMD K10 thermal sensors yet.
Check http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for updates.

No modules to load, skipping modules configuration.


I have checked everywhere on the web for the AMD K10, the Fintek and i2c_piix4 help and have been stuck in the mud for over a month now.

Has anyone gotten any of these to work with lm_sensors?

This is driving me nuts as one the unsolved mysteries affecting my sleep and even my work...:confused:

[eddski]

This is probably a dumb question, but how do set a minimum fan speed? I don't care about the noise (it's minimal), but I do want to cool down the CPU in my laptop.

[miegiel]

This is probably a dumb question, but how do set a minimum fan speed? I don't care about the noise (it's minimal), but I do want to cool down the CPU in my laptop.

No experience with that, but try: Search: Keyword(s): fan, control

[coller_girl]

hi i need help with this my fan speeds al over the shop, so i tried installing lm-sensors and got this output... what to do next?


sara@sara-desktop:~$ gksudo sama
sara@sara-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libsensors4
Suggested packages:
sensord read-edid i2c-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed
libsensors4 lm-sensors
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 188kB of archives.
After this operation, 782kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libsensors4 1:3.0.2-2ubuntu4 [63.0kB]
Get: 2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main lm-sensors 1:3.0.2-2ubuntu4 [125kB]
Fetched 188kB in 1s (183kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libsensors4.
(Reading database ... 134714 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsensors4 (from .../libsensors4_1%3a3.0.2-2ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package lm-sensors.
Unpacking lm-sensors (from .../lm-sensors_1%3a3.0.2-2ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libsensors4 (1:3.0.2-2ubuntu4) ...
.udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.

Creating config file /etc/sensors3.conf with new version

Setting up lm-sensors (1:3.0.2-2ubuntu4) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
sara@sara-desktop:~$ sudo nano
sara@sara-desktop:~$ chmod 755 mkdev.sh
chmod: changing permissions of `mkdev.sh': Operation not permitted
sara@sara-desktop:~$ sudo chmod 755 mkdev.sh
sara@sara-desktop:~$
sara@sara-desktop:~$ sudo ./mkdev.sh
/dev/i2c-0
/dev/i2c-1
/dev/i2c-2
/dev/i2c-3
/dev/i2c-4
/dev/i2c-5
/dev/i2c-6
/dev/i2c-7
/dev/i2c-8
/dev/i2c-9
/dev/i2c-10
/dev/i2c-11
/dev/i2c-12
/dev/i2c-13
/dev/i2c-14
/dev/i2c-15
/dev/i2c-16
/dev/i2c-17
/dev/i2c-18
/dev/i2c-19
/dev/i2c-20
/dev/i2c-21
/dev/i2c-22
/dev/i2c-23
/dev/i2c-24
/dev/i2c-25
/dev/i2c-26
/dev/i2c-27
/dev/i2c-28
/dev/i2c-29
/dev/i2c-30
/dev/i2c-31
sara@sara-desktop:~$ sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5249 (2008-05-11 22:56:25 +0200)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): yes
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801G ICH7

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Load `i2c-i801' (say NO if built into your kernel)? (YES/no): yes
Module loaded successfully.
If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
Do you want to load `i2c-dev' now? (YES/no): yes
Module loaded successfully.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 0500 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): yes
Client found at address 0x4e
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621/DS1631'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021A/ADM1023'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617A'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1668'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1805'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1989'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6655/MAX6656'... No
Probing for `TI THMC10'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM84'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL523SM'... No
Probing for `Onsemi MC1066'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1619'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM82/LM83'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6659'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM64'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Probing for `ITE IT8201R/IT8203R/IT8206R/IT8266R'... Yes
(confidence 6, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `Fintek F75111R/RG/N (GPIO)'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75121R/F75122R/RG (VID+GPIO)'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found `ITE IT8712F Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x290, driver `it87')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): yes
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue: yes

Driver `it87' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `ITE IT8712F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
it87
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines automatically? (yes/NO)yes
sara@sara-desktop:~$

[miegiel]

hi i need help with this my fan speeds al over the shop, so i tried installing lm-sensors and got this output... what to do next?

1st of all, lm-sensors is only a monitoring program, it doesn't control your fan speed.

You can open /etc/modules in a text editor to make sure your it87 is there. If it isn't just add it (you'll need root rights to edit it). The modules file gets read during boot up, to read the sensor's values run sensors in a terminal.

[limejuice]

If you have Intel i7 chip and 1366 mobo, see this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1056681


This said I needed to get lm-sensors 3.1.0 and build it from source. The current version in the Ubuntu repository for 09.04 release is 3.0.2.

However, you only need 3.1.0 to get sensors-detect to recognize the correct modules for you.
Here are the correct modules for i7. This works even with 3.0.2 lm-sensors.


#Chip drivers
coretemp
w83627ehf force_id=0x8860

[Feelin_froggy8877]

I cannot get past "sudo sensors-detect" Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported. See
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ/Chapter3 for further information.
If you find out what chips are on your board, check
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for driver status.

k-dawg@k-dawg-desktop:~$ sudo lshw
k-dawg-desktop
description: Desktop Computer
product: OptiPlex GX270
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 power-on_password=enabled uuid=44454C4C-0000-1020-8020-80C04F202020
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0CG566
vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
physical id: 0
serial: ..CN1374046O058I.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
version: A07 (06/26/2006)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb agp ls120boot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.2.9
slot: Microprocessor
size: 2400MHz
capacity: 3600MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 800MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pebs bts cid xtpr
configuration: id=1
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
size: 8KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: internal varies unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1536MiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM_1
size: 256MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM_2
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 2
slot: DIMM_3
size: 256MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 3
slot: DIMM_4
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 module=nvidia
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: c2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: SB Audigy
vendor: Creative Labs
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=EMU10K1_Audigy latency=64 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2 module=snd_emu10k1
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: SB Audigy FireWire Port
vendor: Creative Labs
physical id: 8.2
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.2
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=ohci1394
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:02:0c.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1a:a0:aa:03:0f
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm pcix msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000 driverversion=7.3.21-k3-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=98.240.112.82 latency=64 link=yes mingnt=255 module=e1000 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: QUANTUM FIREBALL
vendor: Quantum
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: APL.
serial: 052123205633
size: 19GiB (20GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=81108110
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: 8074442b-808b-9d4a-94dd-c5dfffc703e5
size: 10001MiB
capacity: 10001MiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-07-25 11:51:43 filesystem=ntfs label=Microshit state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 9467MiB
capacity: 9467MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
logical name: /
capacity: 9467MiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: Maxtor 6Y120P0
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: YAR4
serial: Y33YD2BE
size: 114GiB (122GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000784c4
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
version: 1.0
serial: 63fc02f9-c191-4ec9-bd2c-0afd3eddd597
size: 4094MiB
capacity: 4094MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-07-25 17:56:26 filesystem=ext3 label=AntiX modified=2009-08-30 23:36:45 mounted=2009-08-30 23:36:45 state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdb2
size: 110GiB
capacity: 110GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: W95 FAT32 partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sdb5
logical name: /media/myshit
capacity: 101GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime =0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8 state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sdb6
capacity: 2933MiB
*-logicalvolume:2
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 7
logical name: /dev/sdb7
capacity: 2557MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:3
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 8
logical name: /dev/sdb8
capacity: 3851MiB
*-cdrom
description: CD-R/CD-RW writer
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
capabilities: audio cd-r cd-rw
configuration: status=nodisc
*-disk:2
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD100EB-00BH
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 15.1
serial: WD-WMA713523734
size: 9541MiB (10GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00730072
*-volume
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
version: 1.0
serial: d498af98-c9af-411b-aeb4-4942469e8d9d
size: 9538MiB
capacity: 9538MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled large_files ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-07-26 19:03:58 filesystem=ext3 label=Sabayon modified=2009-08-30 23:36:56 mounted=2009-08-30 23:36:55 state=clean
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0 module=i2c_i801
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: 76:45:b1:89:5d:86
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

[jlh68]

On my Laptop, I can only get one temperature to show: ACPI THRM CPU and lmsensors temp1, actually they are both reporting the same thing. I do not get my HDD temp or any other data. I can get my HDD temp by using the following command "sudo hddtemp /dev/sda", so I know it is available. I do get the HDD temp on my desktop.

OK, please help me to get more data from lm-sensors.
thanks

[abdusamed]

can u recreate this thread.. because the thread is old..and mkdev isn't used now.. i REALLY want to slow my fan DOWN in xubuntu 9.04


sensors-detect doesn'[t detect anny sensors what so ever in my old ***** p4.

[miegiel]

can u recreate this thread.. because the thread is old..and mkdev isn't used now.. i REALLY want to slow my fan DOWN in xubuntu 9.04


sensors-detect doesn'[t detect anny sensors what so ever in my old ***** p4.

AFAIK you don't need to run that mkdev script anymore. Just install > detect > add detected sensor to /etc/modules > reboot.

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo sensors-detect
sudo nano /etc/modules

Also, lm-sensors is just a monitor. So it will only tell you your fan speed and not change the speed. I normally set the fan speed in the BIOS, but not every BIOS gives you the option to change it.

[whitethorn]

AFAIK you don't need to run that mkdev script anymore. Just install > detect > add detected sensor to /etc/modules > reboot.

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo sensors-detect
sudo nano /etc/modules

Also, lm-sensors is just a monitor. So it will only tell you your fan speed and not change the speed. I normally set the fan speed in the BIOS, but not every BIOS gives you the option to change it.

Once you have lm-sensors installed and after running sensors-detect. When you run sensors if it shows some fan speeds then running pwmconfig might be able to let you control your fan speeds. pwmconfig is pretty straightforward. Afterwards you only need a couple small steps to get fancontrol to start on boot and you can control your fanspeeds. Maybe I should write a howto about it :)

[abdusamed]

okay..thanks..ill give it a try... and yes.. the module did open.. now to remember what to do :D

[mr clark25]

this guide is great!

i should know this, but i dont.... how do you change a file when the owner is root? (need to do this to complete step 4 where you paste the modules to the modules file located in /ect/modules)
so, how do you do this? do you use sudo in the terminal?

im new to this kind of thing, but i really want to do this. i just cant save my changes in modules.

PLZ HELP!

[Penguin Guy]

this guide is great!

i should know this, but i dont.... how do you change a file when the owner is root? (need to do this to complete step 4 where you paste the modules to the modules file located in /ect/modules)
so, how do you do this? do you use sudo in the terminal?

im new to this kind of thing, but i really want to do this. i just cant save my changes in modules.

PLZ HELP!
Run gksu gedit /etc/modules, and just paste it in.

[mr clark25]

thanks so much for you help! i now now that my processor runs nice and cool with all stock settings and cooling.

output:

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +32.0°C (high = +74.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +32.0°C (high = +74.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

[swalker23]

Hopefully someone can help me. I've installed lm_sensors on intrepid and jaunty from source on my i7 setup and didn't have any problems. Lm-sensors detected all my cores,voltages, and etc. I just did a fresh install of Kubuntu 9.1 Koala and the first thing I did was install lm-sensors from source 3.1.1. Everything installed fine no hang ups on make or install and after running senors detect I ran sensors. This is what it gave me:
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +25.0°C (crit = +6280.3°C)


How can I get my temps to show? I've been googling but didn't have any luck in solving my problem. My motherboard is a EVGA classified. I'm still a linux noob so bare with me.

Edit:
Please disregard my above question I got it working. I will put my solution down for anyone else experiencing difficulties.
Copy and paste the below into /etc/modules and reboot after you save. I pasted it hours ago and just didn't reboot.
#Chip drivers
coretemp
w83627ehf force_id=0x8860

[mr clark25]

someone might have said this already, but this works great with the command: "watch"
this makes it re-fresh every 2 seconds.

just enter:
watch sensors

[jsa13]

Running "sensors-detect" identified w83627hf, but modprobe wouldn't insert it. Checking dmesg was the key.

For 9.10, I had to add kernel option "acpi_enforce_resources=lax" to /etc/default/grub (2.x, or /boot/grub/menu.lst w/ grub 1.x).

Then w83627hf for my abit K8 loaded w/o issue. Setting up the fan speeds w/ "pwmconfig" afterward was easy.

[nishant.singh28]

ummm...a stupid question but what do the temp values stand for. I have a Dell Studio 1555 notebook with the GPU embedded onto the motherboard( all new laptops have them on the motherboard ). It would be appreciable if someone could tell me what the temp temperature signifies? :KS

[miegiel]

ummm...a stupid question but what do the temp values stand for. I have a Dell Studio 1555 notebook with the GPU embedded onto the motherboard( all new laptops have them on the motherboard ). It would be appreciable if someone could tell me what the temp temperature signifies? :KS

Can't tell really, without the output of
sensors
It could be the CPU temp or the chipset temp or both.

[nishant.singh28]

Can't tell really, without the output of
sensorsIt could be the CPU temp or the chipset temp or both.

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +54.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp2: +55.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp3: +57.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +45.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +45.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)


Now??

[miegiel]

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +54.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp2: +55.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp3: +57.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +45.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +45.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)


Now??
The coretemp-isa-000X sensors sense the temperatures of the cores of intel dual core CPUs (1 for each core). I think acpitz-virtual-0 is the sensor of your laptop's motherboard, probably northbridge (with the graphics core in it), southbridge and a external CPU sensor.

If you can see the temperatures in the BIOS (my laptop BIOS doesn't show them, but my desktop BIOS does) you can compare the values there with the values you get from lm-sensors. If you let your laptop run idle for a few min and then reboot into the BIOS the temperatures will be more or less the same.

You can also stress different parts and see which temperature increases. For example glxgears (terminal) will stress your CPU and graphics core. And you might be able to tell which temperature is the southbridge by stressing your network (is likely connected to your southbridge) or copying files on your disk.

[nishant.singh28]

The coretemp-isa-000X sensors sense the temperatures of the cores of intel dual core CPUs (1 for each core). I think acpitz-virtual-0 is the sensor of your laptop's motherboard, probably northbridge (with the graphics core in it), southbridge and a external CPU sensor.

If you can see the temperatures in the BIOS (my laptop BIOS doesn't show them, but my desktop BIOS does) you can compare the values there with the values you get from lm-sensors. If you let your laptop run idle for a few min and then reboot into the BIOS the temperatures will be more or less the same.

You can also stress different parts and see which temperature increases. For example glxgears (terminal) will stress your CPU and graphics core. And you might be able to tell which temperature is the southbridge by stressing your network (is likely connected to your southbridge) or copying files on your disk.


Well I figured it out....temp1 is GPU, temp2 is the Southbridge and temp3 the Northbridge...thanks!!!:)

[jeremey]

Ok, I'm not sure if I am doing something correctly...

jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5249 (2008-05-11 22:56:25 +0200)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): y
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-viapro' for device 0000:00:11.0: VIA Technologies VT8233 VLink South Bridge

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-viapro' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: SMBus Via Pro adapter at 0400 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Client found at address 0x18
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1021A/ADM1023'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1617A'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1668'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1805'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1989'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6655/MAX6656'... No
Probing for `TI THMC10'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM84'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL523SM'... No
Probing for `Onsemi MC1066'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX1619'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM82/LM83'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM64'... No
Client found at address 0x2d
Probing for `Myson MTP008'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM80'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM85 or LM96000'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1027, ADT7460 or ADT7463'... No
Probing for `SMSC EMC6D100, EMC6D101 or EMC6D102'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7476'... No
Probing for `Andigilog aSC7611'... No
Probing for `Andigilog aSC7621'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM87'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM93'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83783S'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83792D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83793R/G'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791SD'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'... Success!
(confidence 8, driver `use-isa-instead', other addresses: 0x48 0x49)
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627DHG'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.1)'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.2)'... No
Probing for `Asus ASB100 Bach'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83L784R/AR/G'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83L785R/G'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL518SM Revision 0x00'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL518SM Revision 0x80'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL520SM'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL525SM'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM9240'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1780'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM81'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1026'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1025'... No
Probing for `Philips NE1619'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1029'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1030'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1031'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1022'... No
Probing for `Texas Instruments THMC50'... No
Probing for `VIA VT1211 (I2C)'... No
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'... No
Probing for `ALi M5879'... No
Probing for `SMSC LPC47M15x/192/292/997'... No
Probing for `SMSC DME1737'... No
Probing for `SMSC SCH5027D-NW'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75373S/SG'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75375S/SP'... No
Probing for `Fintek F75387SG/RG'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1024'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791D'... No
Client found at address 0x48
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM77'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621/DS1631'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6650/MAX6651'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM92'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM76'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Client found at address 0x49
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM77'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621/DS1631'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM92'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM76'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x51
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no):
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found `Winbond W83627HF/F/HG/G Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x290, driver `w83627hf')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no):
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `w83627hf' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `Winbond W83627HF/F/HG/G Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
w83627hf
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines automatically? (yes/NO)
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/module-init-tools
Usage: /etc/init.d/module-init-tools COMMAND

----> My edit: what goes into COMMAND? I tried w3627hf <------

jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/module-init-tools w83627hf
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service module-init-tools w83627hf

The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but w83627hf is not supported for Upstart jobs.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/local
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo update-modules
sudo: update-modules: command not found
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modules
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-viapro
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/local, it will be ignored in a future release.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo i2c-0
sudo: i2c-0: command not found
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-0
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/local, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module i2c_0 not found.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/local
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-viapro
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-0
FATAL: Module i2c_0 not found.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe use-isa-instead
FATAL: Module use_isa_instead not found.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-isa
FATAL: Module i2c_isa not found.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe w83627hf
FATAL: Error inserting w83627hf (/lib/modules/2.6.31-16-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.ko): Device or resource busy
jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sensors
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$


I have a MSI K7T266 Pro Ver.1 mobo, and I know there are sensors and I want to control fan speed after getting this working. This thing sounds like it's gonna lift off!

I am running 9.10 and the latest updates.

Thanks,
J

[miegiel]

Ok, I'm not sure if I am doing something correctly...

... snip ...

I have a MSI K7T266 Pro Ver.1 mobo, and I know there are sensors and I want to control fan speed after getting this working. This thing sounds like it's gonna lift off!

I am running 9.10 and the latest updates.

Thanks,
J
After
sudo sensors-detect
you should have run
gksudo gedit /etc/modules
or
sudo nano /etc/modules
added the next 2 lines
# Chip drivers
w83627hf
save and reboot

[jeremey]

Thanks miegiel,

Ok, Here's my etc/modules:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop
lp
floppy

# Chip drivers
w83627hf

I rebooted with that, then:

jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sensors
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$

:-k

[miegiel]

Thanks miegiel,

Ok, Here's my etc/modules:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop
lp
floppy

# Chip drivers
w83627hf

I rebooted with that, then:

jeremey@ubuntu:~$ sensors
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
jeremey@ubuntu:~$

:-k

Before you reboot you need to add the sensor to the /etc/modules file (you need root rights to do that). See the steps in my post above.

[zedstrange]

On my Laptop, I can only get one temperature to show: ACPI THRM CPU and lmsensors temp1, actually they are both reporting the same thing. I do not get my HDD temp or any other data. I can get my HDD temp by using the following command "sudo hddtemp /dev/sda", so I know it is available. I do get the HDD temp on my desktop.

Could someone please answer this unanswered question, because i have the same question?

thanks

[mhousel]

I've tried all of this and still nothing will allow me to kep the fans running on my Toshiba satellite laptop.

The lm-sensors and sensor-detect do not work as shown here on this particular laptop it seems.
I can't get the sensor-applet to run either. (It is installed but not in /usr/bin as is the sensors executable)

#sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +59.0°C (crit = +104.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +59.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +60.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

/etc/moduels file-
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sun Dec 27 12:08:12 2009
# Chip drivers
coretemp



The real problem is that the temperature limits seem to be set incorrectly and I have yet to find a way (that works on my laptop) to lower them.

No problems until I try to play any streaming video full screen then the CPU overheats because the fan doesn't speed up enough until right about the time it shuts off due to over temp.

Nothing related to monitoring or controlling the fan speeds works on this computer it seems.

From the files related to ACPI--
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/cooling_mode
<setting not supported>

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/polling_frequency
<polling disabled>

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/state
state: ok

NOTE: This matches the sensors output and the output shown on the toolbar by kSensors.

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
temperature: 54 C

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points
critical (S5): 104 C
passive: 104 C: tc1=2 tc2=3 tsp=40 devices=CPU0

And I've tried the things I can find related to changing the argument in grub:

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" acpi_osi=force"
// tried these (Yeah, I ran grub-update between boots:
// quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux
// quiet splash acpi_osi=force
// quiet splash
// removing quiet and splash even though they have NOTHING to do with it.
// Nothing changes in the fan behavior.
#quiet splash
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entrys
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"

Oh, and also the things related to HOWTO Fix A Buggy DSDT File
If I decompile and recompile my DSDT file the only errors are related to some sort of warnings about line terminators, nothing in the code itself.

[miegiel]

Could someone please answer this unanswered question, because i have the same question?

thanks

You can't read hdd temps with lm-sensors (at least I never have). Use hddtemp to get your hdd temperature.

install :
sudo apt-get install hddtemp
display hdd temp in terminal :
sudo hddtemp /dev/sda
display hdd temp in conky :
${hddtemp /dev/sda}

[zedstrange]

You can't read hdd temps with lm-sensors (at least I never have). Use hddtemp to get your hdd temperature.

I figured it out finally, the hddtemp daemon needs to be loaded at startup (one would think that such an obvious thing would have been published/discussed more often). Then it will be displayed as options with any of the Sensors applications, like GkrellM and Hardware Sensors Monitor.

Credit goes to this thread
http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1359129

run this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp

[cannon_dt]

I did all the stuff as outlines in the posts but I get the foll:
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.

What could this mean?
Mine is a new ASUS EVO motherboard and I just finished configuring all the stuff.

also I tried computer temp and that did not work too?

X sensors (from add software) also did not work.

I am running the 64 bit version, btw.

Please help.

Cannon

[miegiel]

I did all the stuff as outlines in the posts but I get the foll:
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.

What could this mean?
Mine is a new ASUS EVO motherboard and I just finished configuring all the stuff.

also I tried computer temp and that did not work too?

X sensors (from add software) also did not work.

I am running the 64 bit version, btw.

Please help.

Cannon

Run
sudo sensors-detect
in a terminal. At the end of the detection process you get the option to let sensors-detect add the sensor to your /etc/modules file or (default) to do it yourself.

[cannon_dt]

It did do that miegiel, here is what is there in my modules file
# Generated by sensors-detect on Mon Jan 4 20:44:35 2010
# Chip drivers
it87
# no driver for AMD K10 thermal sensors yet

So I dont know what else is missing.

Ananth

[eddier]

I think this must be the longest thread on the forum ?

Is the original post still relevant (to the current release)?

eddier.

[cyberkost]

Longest thread? Ha-ha-ha. Check this one (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865) out .. just as an example.
One a more serious note -- yes, the OP has, perhaps, lost some relevance (now that lm-sensors is a package and could be installed through synaptic), but there's still quite a bit of useful info in the thread itself.
I think this must be the longest thread on the forum ?

Is the original post still relevant (to the current release)?

eddier.

[sander815]

didn't work fo rme

[root@homeserver ~]# ./mkdev.sh
/dev/i2c-0
mknod: `/dev/i2c-0': File exists
[root@homeserver ~]# sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5291 (2008-06-23 23:40:46 -0700)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no):
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Sorry, no supported PCI bus adapters found.

If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no):
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found `Winbond W83627DHG Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x290, driver `w83627ehf')

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no):
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `w83627ehf' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `Winbond W83627DHG Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no): y
Starting lm_sensors: No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
[FAILED]
[root@homeserver ~]#

[pulpo69]

how to install this driver for k10 thermal sensors?

http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/misc/k10temp/

found on this page http://lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices

[miegiel]

didn't work fo rme

[root@homeserver ~]# ./mkdev.sh
/dev/i2c-0
mknod: `/dev/i2c-0': File exists
[root@homeserver ~]# sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5291 (2008-06-23 23:40:46 -0700)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no):
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Sorry, no supported PCI bus adapters found.

If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no):
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found `Winbond W83627DHG Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x290, driver `w83627ehf')

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no):
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `w83627ehf' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `Winbond W83627DHG Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no): y
Starting lm_sensors: No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
[FAILED]
[root@homeserver ~]#


2 things :

I wouldn't run sensors-detect as root. Instead do : sudo sensors-detect
I don't know what sensors-detect wants with /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors, but for me the sensor module that should be loaded during boot up is listed in /etc/modules

[miegiel]

how to install this driver for k10 thermal sensors?

http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/misc/k10temp/

found on this page http://lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices

AFAIK the k10 module comes with karmic (and should be detected with sudo sensors-detect), so you shouldn't need to install it.

[miegiel]

Longest thread? Ha-ha-ha. Check this one (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865) out .. just as an example.
One a more serious note -- yes, the OP has, perhaps, lost some relevance (now that lm-sensors is a package and could be installed through synaptic), but there's still quite a bit of useful info in the thread itself.

Good example :cool: almost 1.7 million thread views !!!

Yeah, the OP is not up-to-date anymore. It's just 3 easy steps now :

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo sensors-detect Note of the detected sensor module (take the "confidence" into account when more than 1 sensor is detected).
sudo nano /etc/modules Add the detected sensor from step 2 to the list.

[miegiel]

It did do that miegiel, here is what is there in my modules file
# Generated by sensors-detect on Mon Jan 4 20:44:35 2010
# Chip drivers
it87
# no driver for AMD K10 thermal sensors yet

So I dont know what else is missing.

Ananth

Hmmm ... maybe I'm wrong and the k10 isn't supported yet. When I run sensors-detect I get the output below, but I don't have a k10 to test :neutral: (32bit karmic on a core 2 duo laptop here).

...
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
...

[Glaucous]

I've now been trying for a couple of hours to get this program working, I even compiled 3.1.1 from their site without any luck.
I followed the last post on the previous page.

sensors-detect:

# sensors-detect revision 5729 (2009-06-02 15:51:29 +0200)
# System: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790X-UD3P

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): yes
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... Success!
(driver `to-be-written')
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal and voltage sensors... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x228, driver `it87')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (yes/NO): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): yes
Using driver `i2c-piix4' for device 0000:00:14.0: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `it87':
* ISA bus, address 0x228
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Driver `to-be-written':
* Chip `AMD K10 thermal sensors' (confidence: 9)

Note: there is no driver for AMD K10 thermal sensors yet.
Check http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for updates.

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no): yes
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required
kernel modules.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK



I opened /etc/modules, and tried inserting the following (changed each reboot when it didn't work):

-
Driver `it87':
* ISA bus, address 0x228
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

-
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

-
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors'

-
`ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors

Without any luck, still says when I run sensors:
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.

Edit: NOW i realized that I was supposed to add "it87", which makes sense.

[miegiel]

I've now been trying for a couple of hours to get this program working, I even compiled 3.1.1 from their site without any luck.
I followed the last post on the previous page.

sensors-detect:



I opened /etc/modules, and tried inserting the following (changed each reboot when it didn't work):

-
Driver `it87':
* ISA bus, address 0x228
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

-
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

-
Chip `ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors'

-
`ITE IT8720F Super IO Sensors

Without any luck, still says when I run sensors:
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.

Edit: NOW i realized that I was supposed to add "it87", which makes sense.

My /etc/modules looks like this :
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sat Oct 31 00:06:50 2009
# Chip drivers
coretemp
I think yours should be something like :
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

# Added for lm-sensors
it87

it87 is probably a sensor on your motherboard and should give you CPU temps too.

[Glaucous]

Exactly what I did, sorry for not clarifying that. Fanspeed is working good, the only problem now is to get AMD K10 working, for my CPU.
Since I'm right now sitting on Wubi, I have no problem playing around, right now I'm testing stuff in order to install Ubuntu correctly later on.

I installed Linux kernel 2.6.33 RC4, which seems to be working okay. People said that AMD K10 was supposed to be working here, but it's not so far, might have to change something in lm sensors as well.

Edit: At last, got it working! A small problem though, how do I restart fancontrol? Right now I'm tweaking the config file, would be easier if I could restart it.

[confusion_music]

I've only just got a whole new setup up and running last night, so I've not tested this yet, but I believe the following thread may have the answers for K10 sensors.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7871888#post7871888

[blortS]

Hi,

I'm currently running 9.04 and my fan is constantly running (Sony Vaio VGN-Z serie).
My laptop is about a year and a half old.
I upgraded this week to 9.10 but this didn't change the situation.
I tried almost everything (even fansilencer program, but this doesn't work either).

I installed lm-config and the output of sensors is:


acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +48.0°C (crit = +107.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +37.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +37.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)


pwmconfig gives following (after sensorsdetect)

/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed


The fan noise is really driving me crazy (I'm currently studying and I want SILENCE!)
I didn't had this problem about a couple of months ago.


Anyone can help?

[miegiel]

...

The fan noise is really driving me crazy (I'm currently studying and I want SILENCE!)
I didn't had this problem about a couple of months ago.


Anyone can help?

The 1st place to go to change your is your BIOS, if your BIOS supports changing fan speeds. I haven't needed programs to change the fanspeed, so I can't help you with that. Sorry :(

[Rayve]

So I followed the guide, but ran into a problem, in that I have very little displayed when I run "sensors"... see below.


candice@candice-desktop:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +40.0°C (crit = +75.0°C)

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +25.0°C

candice@candice-desktop:~$ sensors-detect
You need to be root to run this script.
candice@candice-desktop:~$ sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5249 (2008-05-11 22:56:25 +0200)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): YES
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-piix4' for device 0000:00:14.0: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-piix4' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): YES
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... Yes
Found `SMSC DME1737 Super IO'
(hardware monitoring capabilities accessible via SMBus only)
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): YES
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... Success!
(driver `k8temp')
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `k8temp' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Chip `AMD K8 thermal sensors' (confidence: 9)

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
k8temp
#----cut here----


Here is my /etc/modules:


# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

# added for sound issues 20 Jan after upgrading to 9.10
snd-emu10k1

# Generated by sensors-detect on Thu Jan 28 09:43:18 2010
# Chip drivers
k8temp


Any ideas? Thanks!

[Scott O'Nanski]

Could you explain step 4 a bit better. It's confusing. You stated to add the modules in reverse order but from looking at your example they are not.

[Scott O'Nanski]

Okay, you said to answer "yes" to all the "YES/no" questions. Are you implying that the "yes/NO" question at the end is to be answered "NO"?

I get this bounced back to me from the terminal:


#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# Chip drivers
# no driver for Analog Devices ADT7473 yet
it87
coretemp
#----cut here----


What am I being told here, what am I to do with it?

As well, you state
I found that there was no "/etc/modprobe.d/local" and that "alias char-major-89 i2c-dev" was already listed in "/etc/modprobe.d/aliases". So, nothing to do here.

Can you explain the relevance of this statement? Following the post I don't see why this is important. It there something about this information I might want to know about?

[Scott O'Nanski]

When I;

sudo modprobe it87

I get;

FATAL: Error inserting it87 (/lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko): Device or resource busy

when I;

sensors

I get;

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +40.0°C (crit = +75.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +53.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +45.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +48.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +46.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

[miegiel]

Okay, you said to answer "yes" to all the "YES/no" questions. Are you implying that the "yes/NO" question at the end is to be answered "NO"?

I get this bounced back to me from the terminal:


#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA i2c adapter
# Chip drivers
# no driver for Analog Devices ADT7473 yet
it87
coretemp
#----cut here----


What am I being told here, what am I to do with it?

...
But sudo sensors-detect tells you ;)
To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
coretemp
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines automatically? (yes/NO)

Choosing yes saves yo some trouble. To do it by hand, in a terminal, do :
sudo nano /etc/modules
And add your sensors to the modules list (makes the modules load during boot up).

[JeffPH]

hi,

after running sensors-detect i get the following :

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel Atom thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no): y
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required
kernel modules.


i dont have the cut here thing :( when i ran sensors i get this :
jeff@xbmc:~$ sensors
w83667hg-isa-fff8
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore: +2.04 V (min = +2.04 V, max = +2.04 V) ALARM
VIN0 +12V: +13.46 V (min = +13.46 V, max = +13.46 V) ALARM
AVCC: +4.08 V (min = +4.08 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
3VCC: +4.08 V (min = +4.08 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
VIN2 +5V: +6.12 V (min = +6.12 V, max = +6.12 V) ALARM
in6: +2.04 V (min = +2.04 V, max = +2.04 V) ALARM
3VSB: +4.08 V (min = +4.08 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
VBat: +4.08 V (min = +4.08 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
CPU Fan: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
Case Fan: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan4: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
CHIPSET Temp: -1.0°C (high = -1.0°C, hyst = -1.0°C) ALARM sensor = diode
CPU1 Temp: +0.0°C (high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C) ALARM sensor = diode
cpu0_vid: +0.000 V

the temps are way off hehe what should i do?

Am using a Foxconn nt-330i intel atom ion netbox. running ubuntu 9.10 karmic.

thanks for your help

[AlmaTlust]

the output of sensors is:
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +48.0°C (crit = +91.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +48.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +47.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)

that is too high, my computer shuts off when going over 80. I didn't find coretemp in my sensors.conf, so I don't know how to set high and critical temperatures
Can someone give me a hint? How would an entry for coretemp in sensors.conf look like?

[AlexanderDGreat]

Hi anyone, today is February 27 2010 - Does the tutorial on the first page still applicable ? I'm using Karmic 32 bit. Thanks. As you can see the first post was still Nov. 1, 2004.

[miegiel]

Hi anyone, today is February 27 2010 - Does the tutorial on the first page still applicable ? I'm using Karmic 32 bit. Thanks. As you can see the first post was still Nov. 1, 2004.

No, but you can still use it for inspiration.

You don't need to do any of the script stuff anymore. If you have brand new hardware lm-sensors can have a problem using a sensor in your hardware because it doesn't know the sensor yet. But in most cases it's just 4 easy steps.

Install lm-sensors sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
Detect sensors sudo sensors-detect
Add the found sensors to /etc/modules sudo nano /etc/modules
Reboot

[AlexanderDGreat]

@miegel - Would you know if all these can be replaced by sudo apt-get install sensors-applet? And add the sensors in your panel? Thank you so much.

[miegiel]

@miegel - Would you know if all these can be replaced by sudo apt-get install sensors-applet? And add the sensors in your panel? Thank you so much.

Don't know, sorry :D I use lm-sensors to get cpu temps for my conky (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8487787#post8487787).

[AlexanderDGreat]

That's alright. Big help already. Thanks.

[TomyVk]

all i got from sensors is this:

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +40.0°C (crit = +95.0°C)

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +39.0°C
Core0 Temp: +45.0°C
Core1 Temp: +39.0°C
Core1 Temp: +41.0°C

Any help?

[miegiel]

all i got from sensors is this:

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +40.0°C (crit = +95.0°C)

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp: +39.0°C
Core0 Temp: +45.0°C
Core1 Temp: +39.0°C
Core1 Temp: +41.0°C

Any help?

With my k8 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7052866&highlight=k8temp#post7052866) I got my stuff from the motherboard sensor and ignored the k8temp sensor. But that was almost a year ago and that machine is kind of comatose. Things might have changed since then.

Did you run
sudo sensors-detect
and maybe post the output ...

[TheKbob]

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): y
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Found unknown SMBus adapter 8086:3b30 at 0000:00:1f.3.
Sorry, no supported PCI bus adapters found.

If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xb353
(logical device B has address 0x290, could be sensors)
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): y
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported. See
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ/Chapter3 for further information.
If you find out what chips are on your board, check
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for driver status.Hello, I'm using an Intel Core i5 CPU with an ASUS P7P55D motherboard, G.Skill RAM, and a 9800GTX+ nVidia Graphics card and I am getting no where with this program. I'm curious if this is just because my hardware is too new for the application.

Thanks

[Alfred Ux]

Hi,
I have the same problem as the preceding post: when I put "sudo sensors-detect", I dont get a cut-here part, so I dont know how to alter /etc/modules.

I have a Dell Studio, Intel Core i7.

Any help is appreciated.
Alfred



for completeness, i get this:
_________________________
$ sudo sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5249 (2008-05-11 22:56:25 +0200)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): y
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Found unknown SMBus adapter 8086:3b30 at 0000:00:1f.3.
Sorry, no supported PCI bus adapters found.

If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus adapters, you can have
them scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0x8502

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): y
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD K10 thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported. See
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ/Chapter3 for further information.
If you find out what chips are on your board, check
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for driver status.

__________________
$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +26.8°C (crit = +127.0°C)
temp2: +52.0°C (crit = +85.0°C)

______________
$ pwmconfig
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.

/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: No sensors found! (modprobe sensor modules?)

[JoaoMachado]

I have an HP G60, dual core intel 2.0GhZ. Running U10.4, I wiped Vista basic off of the map, desiccated Ubuntu install, the heat and fan noise generated makes the laptop almost unusable. I installed CPU throttling, seems to help a tat but it is annoying.
I have lm_sensors installed, coretemp module is running, don't know what elese to do but spend $150.00 for windows7!

Any ideas?
joao@HP-G60:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +61.0°C (crit = +103.0°C)
temp2: +61.0°C (crit = +120.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +32.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +29.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

joao@HP-G60:~$


Coretemp running:
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
ath5k 121824 0
i915 281950 3
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
coretemp 4289 0
mac80211 204470 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
drm 162599 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
uvcvideo 56990 0
intel_agp 24181 1


Any ideas anyone?

[miegiel]

Regarding the core i5 and i7:
Lucid will be out in 4 weeks and comes with sensors version 3.1.2 and libsensors version 3.1.2, which might have better core i5 and i7 support. There are always some bumps to iron out with the latest hardware.
sensors -v

[JoaoMachado]

Regarding the core i5 and i7:
Lucid will be out in 4 weeks and comes with sensors version 3.1.2 and libsensors version 3.1.2, which might have better core i5 and i7 support. There are always some bumps to iron out with the latest hardware.
sensors -v

Running 3.1.2...

[miegiel]

Running 3.1.2...

Hmmmm .... :-k

I read somewhere that someone solved his fan hyperactivity disorder by adding a acpi kernel parameter to the kernel line in grub.

[JoaoMachado]

Tried that a while back, broke my system, luckily I was able to fix it with the live CD. Thanks for your help anyway.

John

[JoaoMachado]

Well, I decided to try out Fedora 12 live cd...lo and behold it runs at normal temps even on the CD.

So I decided to reinstall Ubuntu Lucid Lynx from scratch ( I was running from one of the first Alpha releases) and ran through all of the updates and now no excessive heat is gone and everything works nice!

Joao

[Brian031168]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong or it's just my system, Any Ideas?

# sensors-detect revision 5818 (2010-01-18 17:22:07 +0100)
# System: Dell Inc. Studio 1536
# Board: Dell Inc. 0M273C

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): YES
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... Success!
(driver `k10temp')
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel Atom thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): YES
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0x8512

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): YES
Using driver `i2c-piix4' for device 0000:00:14.0: ATI Technologies Inc SB600/SB700/SB800 SMBus
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/options, it will be ignored in a future release.
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 30c0 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `k10temp':
* Chip `AMD Family 11h thermal sensors' (confidence: 9)

Warning: the required module k10temp is not currently installed
on your system. If it is built into the kernel then it's OK.
Otherwise, check http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for
driver availability.

No modules to load, skipping modules configuration.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK

[miegiel]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong or it's just my system, Any Ideas?

# sensors-detect revision 5818 (2010-01-18 17:22:07 +0100)
# System: Dell Inc. Studio 1536
# Board: Dell Inc. 0M273C

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): YES
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... Success!
(driver `k10temp')
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel Atom thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): YES
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0x8512

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): YES
Using driver `i2c-piix4' for device 0000:00:14.0: ATI Technologies Inc SB600/SB700/SB800 SMBus
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/options, it will be ignored in a future release.
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 30c0 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `k10temp':
* Chip `AMD Family 11h thermal sensors' (confidence: 9)

Warning: the required module k10temp is not currently installed
on your system. If it is built into the kernel then it's OK.
Otherwise, check http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for
driver availability.

No modules to load, skipping modules configuration.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK

In short: The k10temp sensor has been detected, but there is no k10temp module to load. For more search the thread for "k10temp", I'm sure it's discussed here (though you probably won't like what you'll find).

[NCLI]

It's very easy to install. Just follow this guide (http://blog.morrigan.ch/?p=9).

Anyway, is there a way to monitor the sensors remotely, like a widget for Gnome or Android?

[DannyBiker]

Okay, I'm getting real tired of Windows 7 on my machine. The OS is a great improvement but it is so slow when several applications are running, that I want to switch to Ubuntu once and for all. But....my computer is so noisy that it is barely usable without a software like speedfan that can easily regulate the CPU fanspeed.

Therefore, before I dive into this :
will lm-sensors will let me regulate the CPU speed fan whenever I want ? I don't want to go back in the console every time I want to decrease or increase the speed.
Is there a script or a interface making the operation easier ?

Thank you. If the question has already been asked, don't hesitate to answer me with a link...:)

[Tass]

Hi guys

I've got lm-sensors installed and working and I'm now trying to figure out what it all means. I'm trying to wade through the 42 pages of this post as well as the lm-sensors documentation on their website, but I think I'm a little out of my depth here! Here's my output:

it8718-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.07 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +1.60 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.38 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in3: +3.04 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +3.09 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in5: +3.38 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +4.08 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
in7: +2.30 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
Vbat: +3.18 V
fan1: 3214 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan4: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
temp1: +42.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: +42.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
temp3: +44.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +1.050 V


So now I'm trying to figure out what in6 is, why it's so high and if this means I need to re-evaluate my hardware setup?

Thanks,

Tass

[DannyBiker]

Okay, I'm getting real tired of Windows 7 on my machine. The OS is a great improvement but it is so slow when several applications are running, that I want to switch to Ubuntu once and for all. But....my computer is so noisy that it is barely usable without a software like speedfan that can easily regulate the CPU fanspeed.

Therefore, before I dive into this :
will lm-sensors will let me regulate the CPU speed fan whenever I want ? I don't want to go back in the console every time I want to decrease or increase the speed.
Is there a script or a interface making the operation easier ?

Thank you. If the question has already been asked, don't hesitate to answer me with a link...:)


Okay, coming back here with more precise questions...
I just installed Ubuntu to test lm-sensors. First off, I'm impressed with the lower CPU fan speed that the system offers compared to Windows. It does get noisy when heavier applications are launched but it's almost tolerable in "surf mode".

Now, I just typed the "sudo sensors-detect" command in the terminal and this is what I got :

# sensors-detect revision 5818 (2010-01-18 17:22:07 +0100)
# System: ASUSTeK Computer INC. ATI-Xpress200
# Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5R8L

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): y
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel Atom thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found `ITE IT8712F Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x228, driver `it87')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no): y
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (yes/NO): y
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): y
Using driver `i2c-piix4' for device 0000:00:14.0: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at 0b00 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Client found at address 0x51
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y

Next adapter: (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `it87':
* ISA bus, address 0x228
Chip `ITE IT8712F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:
#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
it87
#----cut here----
If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will
contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones!

Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)y
Successful!

Monitoring programs won't work until the needed modules are
loaded. You may want to run '/etc/init.d/module-init-tools start'
to load them.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK



And when typing sudo pwmconfig

# pwmconfig revision 5770 (2009-09-16)
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.

/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed



It doesn't seem to identify my CPU fan at all. Beside, when installing the sensors applet for the Gnome Panel, most of the sensors seems undetected (temperature stays at 40° while SpeedFan in Windows has a 55-65° average), no fanspeed, etc. The thing is : it did work in previous versions of Ubuntu (9.10, I'm pretty sure), with the exact same machine (nothing was changed since then). Why isn't it working now ?
I just want to be able to easily decrease or increase the CPU fan speed depending on the system's temperatures. That's the two variables I would like to see working !

I have an Asus Pundit P1-PH1, Intel Pentium D 2,66 GHZ, AsusTek P5RL8 motherboard, Ati Xpress 200 graphic card and a Western Digital Eco Green 1 To hard drive.

Thank you !:)

[DannyBiker]

I desactived the Q-Fan Control in the BIOS. Now, the sensors applet gives me the right variables (including the Fan). But sensors-detect and pwnconfig still gives me nothing...:confused:

[DannyBiker]

Okay, I'm back with my questions after a fresh install.
I managed to have my CPU fan detected, the one I want to be able to switch the speed depending on my computer temperature.

This is what I get with pwnconfig :
sudo pwmconfig
# pwmconfig revision 5770 (2009-09-16)
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.

Found the following devices:
hwmon0 is acpitz
hwmon1/device is it8712

Found the following PWM controls:
hwmon1/device/pwm1
hwmon1/device/pwm2
hwmon1/device/pwm3

Giving the fans some time to reach full speed...
Found the following fan sensors:
hwmon1/device/fan1_input current speed: 4326 RPM

Warning!!! This program will stop your fans, one at a time,
for approximately 5 seconds each!!!
This may cause your processor temperature to rise!!!
If you do not want to do this hit control-C now!!!
Hit return to continue:

Testing pwm control hwmon1/device/pwm1 ...
hwmon1/device/fan1_input ... speed was 4326 now 0
It appears that fan hwmon1/device/fan1_input
is controlled by pwm hwmon1/device/pwm1
Would you like to generate a detailed correlation (y)? y
Note: If you had gnuplot installed, I could generate a graphical plot.
PWM 255 FAN 4218
PWM 240 FAN 4218
PWM 225 FAN 4218
PWM 210 FAN 4017
PWM 195 FAN 3668
PWM 180 FAN 3443
PWM 165 FAN 3125
PWM 150 FAN 2909
PWM 135 FAN 2556
PWM 120 FAN 2280
PWM 105 FAN 1985
PWM 90 FAN 1670
PWM 75 FAN 1350
PWM 60 FAN 986
PWM 45 FAN 0
Fan Stopped at PWM = 45


Testing pwm control hwmon1/device/pwm2 ...
hwmon1/device/fan1_input ... speed was 4326 now 4326
no correlation

No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of hwmon1/device/pwm2,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)

Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? n

Testing pwm control hwmon1/device/pwm3 ...
hwmon1/device/fan1_input ... speed was 4326 now 4218
no correlation

No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of hwmon1/device/pwm3,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)

Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? n

Testing is complete.
Please verify that all fans have returned to their normal speed.

The fancontrol script can automatically respond to temperature changes
of your system by changing fanspeeds.
Do you want to set up its configuration file now (y)? y
What should be the path to your fancontrol config file (/etc/fancontrol)? y

Select fan output to configure, or other action:
1) hwmon1/device/pwm1 3) Just quit 5) Show configuration
2) Change INTERVAL 4) Save and quit


What should I do now to get speed fan control ? I don't understand how can I obtain that.

Thank you !

[Confused Computer User]

Hi guys

I've got lm-sensors installed and working and I'm now trying to figure out what it all means. I'm trying to wade through the 42 pages of this post as well as the lm-sensors documentation on their website, but I think I'm a little out of my depth here! Here's my output:

it8718-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.07 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +1.60 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.38 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in3: +3.04 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +3.09 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in5: +3.38 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +4.08 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
in7: +2.30 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
Vbat: +3.18 V
fan1: 3214 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan4: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
temp1: +42.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: +42.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
temp3: +44.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +1.050 V


So now I'm trying to figure out what in6 is, why it's so high and if this means I need to re-evaluate my hardware setup?

Thanks,

Tass

I have a simillar out put so I'm thinking I did something wrong in the setup. Myne is:

sensors
w83627thf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.57 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +3.84 V)
in1: +3.15 V (min = +0.69 V, max = +0.38 V) ALARM
in2: +3.25 V (min = +0.10 V, max = +0.54 V) ALARM
in3: +2.99 V (min = +2.38 V, max = +0.00 V) ALARM
in4: +2.51 V (min = +0.06 V, max = +0.45 V) ALARM
in7: +2.96 V (min = +1.44 V, max = +1.34 V) ALARM
in8: +3.20 V (min = +0.51 V, max = +2.30 V) ALARM
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan2: 3183 RPM (min = 21093 RPM, div = 2) ALARM
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 2109 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
temp1: +41.0°C (high = -125.0°C, hyst = +40.0°C) ALARM sensor = thermistor
temp2: +40.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = diode
temp3: +5.5°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
beep_enable:enabled


Any way someone can point me in the re=ight direction as to identefying what's what?

[sfp100]

Thanks for the howto, it worked!



Try making two separate commands (one for temp1 and one for temp6). Instead of piping them both through "grep temp", use "grep temp1" on one and "grep temp6" on the other.

EDIT: It's worth mentioning that you can also pipe the command through grep more than once.

You can do it on one pipe:
sensors | grep temp[16] [16] tell 'one char, 1 or 6'

[GrogTheDreamer]

Well, seeing as I already had lm-sensors installed by default, I tried to run it, thinking all the stuff was configured already and that I just had to run the YES/no stuff once. That didn't work, so then I tried to do the walkthrough. I obtained the following output:

# sensors-detect revision 5818 (2010-01-18 17:22:07 +0100)
# System: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1501
# Board: Dell Inc. 0UW744

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): yes
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... Success!
(driver `k8temp')
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel Atom thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... Yes
Found `Nat. Semi. PC87591 Super IO'
(address 0x200, but not activated)
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): no
Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `k8temp' (autoloaded):
* Chip `AMD K8 thermal sensors' (confidence: 9)

No modules to load, skipping modules configuration.
I seem to have borked something here, since step 3 isn't supposed to spew this out when I run sensors-detect. Is there some way to undo any changes or delete any files created by running "mkdev.sh", as well as delete anything made by running the YES/no sequence? In effect, I want to totally undo any changes made by running this walkthrough.

[amishaa]

# sensors-detect revision 5818 (2010-01-18 17:22:07 +0100)
# System: TOSHIBA Satellite L500 (laptop)
# Board: TOSHIBA NSWAA

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): yes
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
Intel Atom thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): yes
Found unknown SMBus adapter 8086:3b30 at 0000:00:1f.3.
Sorry, no supported PCI bus adapters found.

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
This is relatively common on laptops, where thermal management is
handled by ACPI rather than the OS.
Install lm-sensors and run sensors-detect. No sensors were detected.
What can i do?

[Ray_GTI-R]

Sorry to butt in ...
I have downloaded lm-sensors OK. I tried to run lm-sensors directly but failed ... more than once. After a few days (weeks? see Note, below.) I noticed that k-sensors had been installed. After a number of tries I can manually get k-sensors to work (see Note 2, Below) and it runs lm-sensors 100% perfectly functionally with 100% perfectly accurate readings. :)
My question:- how do I get k-sensors to start up automatically upon cold-boot/warm-boot?
I have tried various (non-expert Ubuntu/Linux user) methods... and failed.
TIA, Ray
(Note: My Ubuntu install is on a hardware testbench rig that is used infrequently, for proving various bits of kit as received ... hence the need for lm-sensors and the uncertainty of exact diary.)
(Note 2: How I get k-sensors to run, manually ...
Accessories
Terminal
"ksensors"
{wait for lm-sensors to complete initialising and display the results]
Exit)

[petrasflorin]

FATAL: Error inserting w83627ehf (/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.ko): Device or resource busy

[warfie]

it8718-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.25 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +1.95 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.20 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in3: +2.82 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +2.90 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in5: +3.10 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +4.08 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) ALARM
in7: +3.22 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
Vbat: +3.38 V
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan2: 1726 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
temp1: +43.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: +42.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +80.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
temp3: +90.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +1.250 V



errrr.... any idea what "Temp1, Temp2, Temp3" are? which is the CPU? and what the heck could be running at 90°C?!?! :eek:
Could it really be that there is no 12v line? and no -5v?

Looks a little strange to me...

Cheers!

[AttilaSVK]

Hi all!

Yesterday I put together a small server with a Gigabyte H67M-D2-B3 motherboard and a Core i3 2100 CPU running 32-bit Ubuntu Server 10.10. Everything works flawlessly, I have only problem with lm-sensors, more particularly I cannot load the it87 module.

If I execute the modprobe it87 command, this is what I get:

FATAL: Error inserting it87 (/lib/modules/2.6.35-28-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko): No such device


When I did sensors-detect the script that came with Ubuntu didn't find anything, so I downloaded the newest script which detected the CPU thermal diode (coretemp) and a ITE IT8728F Super IO Sensors, which needs the module it87.

I tried to google around, but after almost two hours of searching, I couldn't find anything.
Anyone with an idea?

PS: excuse me if I didn't post this to the correct topic - I'm new here.

[miegiel]

Hi all!

Yesterday I put together a small server with a Gigabyte H67M-D2-B3 motherboard and a Core i3 2100 CPU running 32-bit Ubuntu Server 10.10. Everything works flawlessly, I have only problem with lm-sensors, more particularly I cannot load the it87 module.

If I execute the modprobe it87 command, this is what I get:

FATAL: Error inserting it87 (/lib/modules/2.6.35-28-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko): No such device


When I did sensors-detect the script that came with Ubuntu didn't find anything, so I downloaded the newest script which detected the CPU thermal diode (coretemp) and a ITE IT8728F Super IO Sensors, which needs the module it87.

I tried to google around, but after almost two hours of searching, I couldn't find anything.
Anyone with an idea?

PS: excuse me if I didn't post this to the correct topic - I'm new here.

Welcome to ubuntuforums :D

For intel CPUs the coretemp should get the CPU temps.

I didn't take a good look at your motherboard, but if the chips on the motherboard are relatively new (or new revisions) it's possible that the linux modules/drivers only support essential functions yet. Maybe ubuntu 11.04 (to be released this month) will bring relief. Often full hardware support lags behind what you've been used to in windows (blame the manufacturers).

[AttilaSVK]

Welcome to ubuntuforums :D

For intel CPUs the coretemp should get the CPU temps.

I didn't take a good look at your motherboard, but if the chips on the motherboard are relatively new (or new revisions) it's possible that the linux modules/drivers only support essential functions yet. Maybe ubuntu 11.04 (to be released this month) will bring relief. Often full hardware support lags behind what you've been used to in windows (blame the manufacturers).

All right, it's not a big deal. For now it's enough to be able to check the CPU temp, because I'm a little bit paranoid about the system health, as I used to have a Dell PowerEdge 1550 server with two P3s (running Karmic Koala btw) which kept on shutting down because of overheating on hot summer days :D

[papampi]

Thanks for the great tut !
it seems I have my sensors running ok !
payam@payam-ubuntu:~$ sensors
atk0110-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
Vcore Voltage: +1.24 V (min = +0.85 V, max = +1.60 V)
+3.3 Voltage: +3.28 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V)
+5 Voltage: +5.09 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
+12 Voltage: +12.25 V (min = +10.20 V, max = +13.80 V)
CPU FAN Speed: 1163 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CHASSIS FAN Speed: 0 RPM (min = 800 RPM)
CPU Temperature: +41.0°C (high = +60.0°C, crit = +95.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +60.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +60.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)


but the conky show my cpu temp 0
any idea ?

[miegiel]

Thanks for the great tut !
it seems I have my sensors running ok !
payam@payam-ubuntu:~$ sensors
atk0110-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
Vcore Voltage: +1.24 V (min = +0.85 V, max = +1.60 V)
+3.3 Voltage: +3.28 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V)
+5 Voltage: +5.09 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
+12 Voltage: +12.25 V (min = +10.20 V, max = +13.80 V)
CPU FAN Speed: 1163 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CHASSIS FAN Speed: 0 RPM (min = 800 RPM)
CPU Temperature: +41.0°C (high = +60.0°C, crit = +95.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +60.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +60.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)


but the conky show my cpu temp 0
any idea ?

I use
${hwmon 1 temp 1}
in my conky. The first 1 is the number of the sensor (counting starts at 0), you have 3 sensors. The second 1 is is the number of the temperature "reading", some sensors read more than 1 temperature (counting starts at 1).

Here's my sensors output. I read my temp from the red sensor.

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +54.0°C (crit = +96.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +47.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

eeepc-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1: 3926 RPM
Make sure you're not using a bogus sensor. Just because lm-sensors finds a sensor that puts out a temperature doesn't mean it's actually reading a temperature. Some sensors are just not connected.

This is a better thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865) for asking conky questions (and conky inspiration).

[Icche Ghuri]

but the conky show my cpu temp 0 any idea ?

Run this command in your terminal,
sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 0' | cut -c1-23
you'll get similar result like this,
Core 0: +47.0°C
So, add this two lines(for tow cpu cores) in your conkyrc
CPU 0: ${execi 2 sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 0' | cut -c15-23}
CPU 1: ${execi 2 sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 1' | cut -c15-23}
you'll get result like this on your conky wall,
CPU 0: 48.0°C
CPU 1: 48.0°C

[miegiel]

Run this command in your terminal,
sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 0' | cut -c1-23
you'll get similar result like this,
Core 0: +47.0°C
So, add this two lines(for tow cpu cores) in your conkyrc
CPU 0: ${execi 2 sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 0' | cut -c15-23}
CPU 1: ${execi 2 sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 1' | cut -c15-23}
you'll get result like this on your conky wall,
CPU 0: 48.0°C
CPU 1: 48.0°C

Using ${execi ..} to grep and cut info from sensors is a resource hog compared to using ${hwmon ...}.

Besides, how do you know he should use the coretemp-isa-0000 and coretemp-isa-0001 sensors and not the atk0110-acpi-0 sensor? From here I can't know which sensor puts out BS and which is accurate. :-k

[geazzy]

great tutorial....
I will try it :)

[xMohd]

I give up. Been at it for sometime now. I could pay for anyone to fix this mess. I need my workstation to shut the hell up before it drives me crazy. With windows it runs super silent. The minute I reboot Ubuntu it gets really loud. I've followed several tutorials & methods but no use. Attached is screen shot of my xsensor readings & lm-sensor info.

[miegiel]

I give up. Been at it for sometime now. I could pay for anyone to fix this mess. I need my workstation to shut the hell up before it drives me crazy. With windows it runs super silent. The minute I reboot Ubuntu it gets really loud. I've followed several tutorials & methods but no use. Attached is screen shot of my xsensor readings & lm-sensor info.

It seems like you're reading your motherboard sensor twice, though that is not necessarily the cause of the fan noise.

Post the contents of your /etc/modules file and the full output when you run sensors-detect.

And post it in code boxes please, instead of using screenshots.
code box

[xMohd]

thanks for reply

this is when I run sensors


w83627hf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +3.49 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +3.50 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.49 V (min = +2.82 V, max = +3.79 V)
in3: +3.02 V (min = +0.77 V, max = +0.59 V) ALARM
in4: +3.02 V (min = +1.17 V, max = +3.38 V)
in5: +3.04 V (min = +1.34 V, max = +0.61 V) ALARM
in6: +3.06 V (min = +0.58 V, max = +3.58 V)
in7: +3.36 V (min = +0.06 V, max = +2.74 V) ALARM
in8: +3.30 V (min = +3.12 V, max = +2.05 V) ALARM
fan1: 4326 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
fan2: 4326 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 2960 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
temp1: -43.0°C (high = +27.0°C, hyst = +24.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: -43.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp3: -43.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +0.000 V
beep_enable:enabled

w83792d-i2c-0-2f
Adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 1100
VcoreA: +1.27 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.04 V)
VcoreB: +1.32 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.04 V)
in2: +3.28 V (min = +2.96 V, max = +3.62 V)
in3: +2.92 V (min = +2.69 V, max = +3.30 V)
in4: +0.52 V (min = +0.30 V, max = +0.75 V)
in5: +3.05 V (min = +2.83 V, max = +3.47 V)
+5V: +4.85 V (min = +4.49 V, max = +5.50 V)
5VSB: +4.87 V (min = +4.49 V, max = +5.50 V)
Vbat: +3.17 V (min = +2.69 V, max = +3.30 V)
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan4: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan5: 2445 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
fan6: 2678 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
temp1: +35.0°C (high = +75.0°C, hyst = +70.0°C)
temp2: +37.5°C (high = +75.0°C, hyst = +70.0°C)
temp3: +32.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)

then i run sudo sensors-detect
i enter my password
answer yes to all questions
plz check the output /etc/modules

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sat May 28 14:10:42 2011
# Adapter drivers
i2c_i801
ipmi-si
# Chip drivers
lm90
w83627hf
w83792d

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sat May 28 14:16:00 2011
# Adapter drivers
i2c_i801
ipmi-si
# Chip drivers
lm90
w83627hf
w83792d

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sun May 29 17:51:57 2011
# Adapter drivers
i2c_i801
ipmi-si
# Chip drivers
lm90
w83627hf
w83792d

[miegiel]

thanks for reply

this is when I run sensors


w83627hf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +3.49 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +3.50 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.49 V (min = +2.82 V, max = +3.79 V)
in3: +3.02 V (min = +0.77 V, max = +0.59 V) ALARM
in4: +3.02 V (min = +1.17 V, max = +3.38 V)
in5: +3.04 V (min = +1.34 V, max = +0.61 V) ALARM
in6: +3.06 V (min = +0.58 V, max = +3.58 V)
in7: +3.36 V (min = +0.06 V, max = +2.74 V) ALARM
in8: +3.30 V (min = +3.12 V, max = +2.05 V) ALARM
fan1: 4326 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
fan2: 4326 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 2960 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
temp1: -43.0°C (high = +27.0°C, hyst = +24.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: -43.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp3: -43.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +0.000 V
beep_enable:enabled

w83792d-i2c-0-2f
Adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 1100
VcoreA: +1.27 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.04 V)
VcoreB: +1.32 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.04 V)
in2: +3.28 V (min = +2.96 V, max = +3.62 V)
in3: +2.92 V (min = +2.69 V, max = +3.30 V)
in4: +0.52 V (min = +0.30 V, max = +0.75 V)
in5: +3.05 V (min = +2.83 V, max = +3.47 V)
+5V: +4.85 V (min = +4.49 V, max = +5.50 V)
5VSB: +4.87 V (min = +4.49 V, max = +5.50 V)
Vbat: +3.17 V (min = +2.69 V, max = +3.30 V)
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan4: 0 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
fan5: 2445 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
fan6: 2678 RPM (min = 712 RPM, div = 8)
temp1: +35.0°C (high = +75.0°C, hyst = +70.0°C)
temp2: +37.5°C (high = +75.0°C, hyst = +70.0°C)
temp3: +32.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)

then i run sudo sensors-detect
i enter my password
answer yes to all questions
plz check the output /etc/modules

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sat May 28 14:10:42 2011
# Adapter drivers
i2c_i801
ipmi-si
# Chip drivers
lm90
w83627hf
w83792d

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sat May 28 14:16:00 2011
# Adapter drivers
i2c_i801
ipmi-si
# Chip drivers
lm90
w83627hf
w83792d

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sun May 29 17:51:57 2011
# Adapter drivers
i2c_i801
ipmi-si
# Chip drivers
lm90
w83627hf
w83792d

1st of all, your /etc/modules file is a bit of a mess. Each time you answer YES to the last question of sensors-detect the found sensors will be added to the /etc/modules file, even if the sensor is listed in the file already.

The second thing that doesn't seem to be right is that sensors-detect found 2 motherboard sensors, w83627hf and w83792d. Probably only 1 of the 2 found sensors is the right one.

When you run sensors-detect, after the detection process, you get a summary of the sensors that where found. Every sensor gets a "confidence" value (higher number == higher confidence). This can help you determine which of the 2 motherboard sensors sensors-detect found is the correct one. See example below.
... cut ...

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:
#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
coretemp
#----cut here----
If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will
contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones!

Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)

Unloading i2c-dev... OK
Unloading cpuid... OK

To fix your /etc/modules file open it in an editor as root:
gksudo gedit /etc/modules
and change it to something like:
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

# Inspired by sensors-detect on Sun May 29 2011
# Adapter drivers
i2c_i801
ipmi-si
# Chip drivers
lm90
w83792d
I omitted the w83627hf sensor assuming the w83792d is the correct sensor.

That said, after cleaning up your /etc/modules file you still might have fan noise issues. After all lm-sensors only reads the sensors and doesn't change the fan speed. There are fan controlling programs mentioned in this thread, but I've never had to use them and can't help you with those programs. Personally I control my fans from the BIOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS).

One last point: Linux often lags behind windows a little when it comes to supporting brand new hardware. If your motherboard/PC/laptop was introduced to the market less than 6 months ago it is likely that devs and bug-reporters are still working on making the hardware work as you would expect it to. My hot-from-the-factory laptop and linux didn't fall in love at first sight, their love grew a little every month and now they are inseparable. :D

[xMohd]

Dear miegiel, thanx alot for the info. am fairly new to Ubuntu world. Owe You 1 .. I've fixed my output/etc/modules & you were right, noise/fan issue is still on going. My machine is a 2006 BoxxTech. I'd assume it's not new. Bios already set to run (super quiet) but nothing it's certainly not when booting Ubuntu. Oh well I guess I have to live with this. thanx again.

[akernan]

I kinda got lm-senosors working. I can't find my chipset in /etc/sensors3.conf. I think it's Intel HM55. I have an Inspiron 1564. Here is the output from sensors.

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +26.8°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp2: +0.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +62.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +64.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)



I'd like to get lm-sensors working correctly/fully.

[miegiel]

@akernan Did you run sudo sensors-detect in a terminal?

It should help you detect the correct sensor (pay attention to the confidence value when in doubt).

[Little Blue]

Hi, I recently installed a few updates on my lucid LTS box and now lm-sensors no longer works. I had a lot of trouble getting it working to begin with and now I'm extremely lost.

This is the output of sensors-detect using the default options:

# sensors-detect revision 5946 (2011-03-23 11:54:44 +0100)
# System: Packard Bell ixtreme M5800

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no):
Module cpuid loaded successfully.
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No
Intel digital thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found `ITE IT8721F/IT8758E Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0xa10, driver `it87')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no):
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (yes/NO):

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no):
Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 3400/5 Series (PCH)
Module i2c-i801 loaded successfully.
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 0400 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `it87':
* ISA bus, address 0xa10
Chip `ITE IT8721F/IT8758E Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no):
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required
kernel modules.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK
Unloading i2c-i801... OK
Unloading cpuid... OK


I have copied files around as suggested as I would like to to start at boot. When a reboot didn't get things working I then tried to start the service manually, service lm-sensors start, but I get this error message: .: 39: Can't open /etc/init.d/functions. Looking in my /etc/init.d directory, there is no functions file!

sensors just gives
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +30.0°C (crit = +110.0°C)


which is a far cry from what it used to produce. I don't actually know what its attempting to measure there but it doesn't tally up with what the bios measurements are, whatever it is...

/etc/modules contains
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
modprobe
modprobe

# For temperature sensing
coretemp
it87


I've been looking around and other scripts that have issues with a missing functions file tend to just comment an offending line out. Other times I've seen it get replaced with /lib/lsb/init-functions, which I do have. Is this the safest thing to do or is there some unmet dependency that hasn't been met / did I miss something?

Any help's appreciated, and if anyone needs any more info please let me know!

Cheers!

[akernan]

@akernan Did you run sudo sensors-detect in a terminal?

It should help you detect the correct sensor (pay attention to the confidence value when in doubt).

Yes, I did. Here's the output from sudo sensors-detect.

tony@tony-Inspiron-1564:~$ sudo sensors-detect
[sudo] password for tony:
# sensors-detect revision 5984 (2011-07-10 21:22:53 +0200)
# System: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1564 (laptop)
# Board: Dell Inc. 08CNC9

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no):
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h power sensors... No
Intel digital thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0x8502

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no):
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no):
Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 3400/5 Series (PCH)

Next adapter: intel drm CRTDDC_A (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Next adapter: intel drm LVDSDDC_C (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):
Client found at address 0x28
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM80'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627DHG/W83667HG/W83677HG'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.1)'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.2)'... No
Probing for `Asus ASB100 Bach'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1029'... No
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Next adapter: intel drm HDMIB (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Next adapter: DPDDC-B (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively):

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no): n
To load everything that is needed, add this to one of the system
initialization scripts (e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local):

#----cut here----
# Chip drivers
modprobe coretemp
/usr/bin/sensors -s
#----cut here----

If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will
contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really
should try these commands right now to make sure everything is
working properly. Monitoring programs won't work until the needed
modules are loaded.

tony@tony-Inspiron-1564:~$ sudo modprobe coretemp
tony@tony-Inspiron-1564:~$ sensors -s
tony@tony-Inspiron-1564:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +26.8°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp2: +0.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +60.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +62.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)



Here's my /etc/module


# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rtc

#lm-sensors & i2c

cpuid
i2c-i801
i2c-dev
coretemp

[akernan]

Any ideas?

[miegiel]

Any ideas?

Try changing your /etc/modules to :
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rtc

#lm-sensors & i2c

modprobe coretemp
/usr/bin/sensors -s

#cpuid
#i2c-i801
#i2c-dev
#coretemp
If that helps you can try removing the red #'s one by one.

[miegiel]

Hi, I recently installed a few updates on my lucid LTS box and now lm-sensors no longer works. I had a lot of trouble getting it working to begin with and now I'm extremely lost.

This is the output of sensors-detect using the default options:

# sensors-detect revision 5946 (2011-03-23 11:54:44 +0100)
# System: Packard Bell ixtreme M5800

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no):
Module cpuid loaded successfully.
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No
Intel digital thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found `ITE IT8721F/IT8758E Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0xa10, driver `it87')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no):
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (yes/NO):

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no):
Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 3400/5 Series (PCH)
Module i2c-i801 loaded successfully.
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 0400 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively):

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `it87':
* ISA bus, address 0xa10
Chip `ITE IT8721F/IT8758E Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no):
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required
kernel modules.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK
Unloading i2c-i801... OK
Unloading cpuid... OK


I have copied files around as suggested as I would like to to start at boot. When a reboot didn't get things working I then tried to start the service manually, service lm-sensors start, but I get this error message: .: 39: Can't open /etc/init.d/functions. Looking in my /etc/init.d directory, there is no functions file!

sensors just gives
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +30.0°C (crit = +110.0°C)


which is a far cry from what it used to produce. I don't actually know what its attempting to measure there but it doesn't tally up with what the bios measurements are, whatever it is...

/etc/modules contains
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
modprobe
modprobe

# For temperature sensing
coretemp
it87


I've been looking around and other scripts that have issues with a missing functions file tend to just comment an offending line out. Other times I've seen it get replaced with /lib/lsb/init-functions, which I do have. Is this the safest thing to do or is there some unmet dependency that hasn't been met / did I miss something?

Any help's appreciated, and if anyone needs any more info please let me know!

Cheers!

See what happens if you remove 1 of the modprobe lines /etc/modules. I know no sane reason to have it in there twice, though your problem might be caused by something else.

[akernan]

Try changing your /etc/modules to :
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rtc

#lm-sensors & i2c

modprobe coretemp
/usr/bin/sensors -s

#cpuid
#i2c-i801
#i2c-dev
#coretemp
If that helps you can try removing the red #'s one by one.

This did not help, coretemp would not load.

[Little Blue]

See what happens if you remove 1 of the modprobe lines /etc/modules. I know no sane reason to have it in there twice, though your problem might be caused by something else.

Cheers, I dunno how that happened, makes no sense... Ultimately though, didn't help... I still get that error when I try to start the service...
blue@ruby:~$ sudo service lm-sensors start
.: 39: Can't open /etc/init.d/functions

[miegiel]

@Little Blue
Do you remember if you installed lm-sensors from the ubuntu repository or compiled it from the http://www.lm-sensors.org source?

AFAIK /etc/init.d/functions shouldn't exist in ubuntu, but the source code from lm-sensors.org might expect it to exist. There is also a naming issue, ubuntu (and debian) use lm-sensors, while lm-sensors.org uses lm_sensors (note the - and _). This might cause problems updating related packages.

@akernan
Did you install/upgrade to 11.10 yet? If so/not, consider doing a clean install instead of upgrading. It might solve your problems, but remember to backup the important stuff (or everything) in your home first.

[akernan]

@Little Blue
Do you remember if you installed lm-sensors from the ubuntu repository or compiled it from the http://www.lm-sensors.org source?

AFAIK /etc/init.d/functions shouldn't exist in ubuntu, but the source code from lm-sensors.org might expect it to exist. There is also a naming issue, ubuntu (and debian) use lm-sensors, while lm-sensors.org uses lm_sensors (note the - and _). This might cause problems updating related packages.

@akernan
Did you install/upgrade to 11.10 yet? If so/not, consider doing a clean install instead of upgrading. It might solve your problems, but remember to backup the important stuff (or everything) in your home first.

I didn't update to 11.10 yet, still on 10.10. I installed lm-sensor from the repo and got a newer version from lm-sensor.org site.

[miegiel]

I didn't update to 11.10 yet, still on 10.10. I installed lm-sensor from the repo and got a newer version from lm-sensor.org site.

That might be causing your problems too then. IIRC lm-sensors is installed in ubuntu by default now. So you only need to run sudo sensors-detect and you're done. Note that the how-to in the first post is from October 2004, you should use it for inspiration only. ;) And if you do want to compile it from source, I suspect you should uninstall (or even purge) the lm-sensors from the repo first.

But it's time for you to move on to 11.10. Since 10.10 is not a LTS release you will only get updates for a year after it's release (October 2010).

[markdark20]

Please help me, this is my output :

themoon@Marksman:~$ sudo sensors-detect #YES for all Y/N question

# sensors-detect revision 5984 (2011-07-10 21:22:53 +0200)
# Board: Intel Corporation DG31GL

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): YES
Module cpuid loaded successfully.
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h power sensors... No
Intel digital thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): YES
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... Yes
Found `Winbond W83627DHG Super IO Sensors' Success!
(address 0x290, driver `w83627ehf')
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No

Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (yes/NO): YES
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No

Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): YES
Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801G ICH7
Module i2c-i801 loaded successfully.
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.

Next adapter: i915 gmbus disabled (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 gmbus ssc (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 GPIOB (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 gmbus vga (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Next adapter: i915 GPIOA (i2c-4)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Next adapter: i915 gmbus panel (i2c-5)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 GPIOC (i2c-6)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpc (i2c-7)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 GPIOD (i2c-8)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpb (i2c-9)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 GPIOE (i2c-10)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 gmbus reserved (i2c-11)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpd (i2c-12)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: i915 GPIOF (i2c-13)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at f000 (i2c-14)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Yes
(confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `w83627ehf':
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `Winbond W83627DHG Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to overwrite /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no): YES
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required
kernel modules.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK
Unloading i2c-i801... OK
Unloading cpuid... OKWhat am I to do in next step ?

This is my /etc/modules :

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

psmouse
mousedev
ide-cd
ide-disk
ide-generic
lp

#For lm-sensors, i2c modules
it87
i2c-viapro
i2c-isa

but Ican not run /etc/init.d/module-init-tools, it shows:
Usage: /etc/init.d/module-init-tools COMMAND

my /etc/modprobe.d/local:
alias char-major-89 i2c-devBut when i run update-modules, it shows:
update-modules: command not found

I tried
sudo modprobe i2c-sensor

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/local, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/aliases, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module i2c_sensor not found.the same for
sudo modprobe i2c-viapro
sudo modprobe i2c-isa
sudo modprobe it87


themoon@Marksman:~$ sensors
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.How can I fix this :confused:
Iam using Ubuntu oneiric

[Little Blue]

@Little Blue
Do you remember if you installed lm-sensors from the ubuntu repository or compiled it from the http://www.lm-sensors.org source?

AFAIK /etc/init.d/functions shouldn't exist in ubuntu, but the source code from lm-sensors.org might expect it to exist. There is also a naming issue, ubuntu (and debian) use lm-sensors, while lm-sensors.org uses lm_sensors (note the - and _). This might cause problems updating related packages.


It was a bit of both. Tried the repo version but that didn't recognise my sensors (it was a fairly new setup at the time), and went to lm-sensors.org to see if there was anything there that hadn't filtered down into the repos yet. I compiled it from there and eventually I'd managed to coax it into working, which its now stopped.

I'm going to guess then the best thing to do is try and purge my system of all this stuff and reinstall from the repos to see if they now work? I guess sudo aptitude remove lm-sensors --purge will uninstall anything added by the repos but removing the stuff I compiled?

Thanks for your help :)

[miegiel]

@markdark

First of all: Welcome to ubuntuforums.

No offense, but if you post stuff from the terminal please put it in a code box (the # button in the post editor) instead of using quote boxes. It keeps the posts smaller and prevents smilies. ;)
code box :)

That said, it seems you're also using a self compiled lm-sensors. A lot has happened since October 2004 and unless your hardware is so new that the lm-sensors in the ubuntu repository doesn't support the sensor chips in your machine yet, there is no need to compile the lm-sensors from http://www.lm-sensors.org/


I just installed a fresh ubuntu 11.10 and all I neded to do was:

1: Open a terminal and do sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
2: Do sudo sensors-detect Unless you have run sudo sensors-detect before, answer all questions with "yes" (default for all but the last question).

3: Do sudo service module-init-tools start or reboot (both have the same effect).

4: Do sensors and you'll see the output of the sensors that have been found on your machine.


If at step 2 you answered the last question with "no", you'll need to ad the sensors sensors-detect found to /etc/modules manually. Open /etc/modules in an editor
gksudo gedit /etc/modules
and copy+paste what sensors-detect found for you (between the #----cut here---- lines).



It was a bit of both. Tried the repo version but that didn't recognise my sensors (it was a fairly new setup at the time), and went to lm-sensors.org to see if there was anything there that hadn't filtered down into the repos yet. I compiled it from there and eventually I'd managed to coax it into working, which its now stopped.

I'm going to guess then the best thing to do is try and purge my system of all this stuff and reinstall from the repos to see if they now work? I guess sudo aptitude remove lm-sensors --purge will uninstall anything added by the repos but removing the stuff I compiled?

Thanks for your help :)

That's what I'd do. I rarely compile stuff and can't remember uninstalling something I complied, ever. But if I'd have to, I'd try using synaptic.

[Little Blue]

That's what I'd do. I rarely compile stuff and can't remember uninstalling something I complied, ever. But if I'd have to, I'd try using synaptic.
Cheers. It turns out the lm-sensors in the lucid repos must be still quite out of date, the sensors-detect it installs is old and doesn't detect any sensors... This leaves me back to trying to install the current version (after purging the repos one) from source which has this issue in it.

Interestingly if I compile it and then install the repo on top (undoubtedly not a safe way to go about things), it stops complaining when I try to start the service and gives the impression that it's working! Doing sensors tells me its not... Also, when I try to see if modprobe will actually work for my sensors sets, coretemp and it87 (e.g., sudo modprobe coretemp), I get this error: FATAL: Error inserting coretemp (/lib/modules/2.6.32-34-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.ko): No such device

Unless there's any sudden flashes of inspiration or there's a really simple fix knocking about somewhere we've overlooked, this is the point where I decide that being able to monitor temps, especially now that summer's well and truly over, is probably not that important in the grand scheme of things and that I can wait until the next LTS to see if I can get a working lm-sensors!

Thanks a bunch for your help miegiel, I really appreciate it!

[markdark20]

Thank miegiel (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=514319) :)
I'm sorry for my first post :D
I was tried again as you said and now it works like a charm ^^
Thanks so much ^^ (sorry, my Einglish is bad)

[karmila]

I just installed a fresh ubuntu 11.10 and all I neded to do was:


Hi miegiel,

Thanks for this post. It really helped me :)

[It_s_Real]

Hello all!8-)
I installed Ubuntu Server 11.10 64 bit, of HP Proliant DL 380 G4.

root@Server2:~# sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +8.3C (crit = +31.3C)
root@Server2:~#

:(

What is the problem?

[cakeonfire]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to configure the sensors but the thing is... I'm a complete noob. But ubuntu is so pretty I wanted to install it hahaha, so I'll be asking for some help... Even if my questions seem completly dumb, if I ask it's because I couldn't understand any of the solutions proposed/that I found while surfing.


Ok, so I just tried doing what miegiel did, and this is the result.

Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Driver `sbs':
* Bus `i915 gmbus dpc'
Busdriver `drm', I2C address 0x0b
Chip `Smart Battery' (confidence: 5)
* Bus `i915 GPIOD'
Busdriver `drm', I2C address 0x0b
Chip `Smart Battery' (confidence: 5)


So, I answer yes when asked if I want to load them to modules, and then run the sudo service start thingy (yes, I'm a complete noob) and this is the return:

Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)y
Successful!

Monitoring programs won't work until the needed modules are
loaded. You may want to run 'service module-init-tools start'
to load them.

Unloading i2c-dev... OK
Unloading i2c-i801... OK
Unloading cpuid... OK

envy@ubuntu:~$ sudo service module-init-tools start
[sudo] password for envy:
module-init-tools stop/waiting



After that, when I run sensors, this is the return

envy@ubuntu:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +58.0°C

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +53.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +53.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)


I'm wondering if there's something I'm doing wrong because I don't get voltage readings or ... any of the other stuff I've seen around. Also, I really think it doesn't but I was wondering if anybody knew if this laptop had a temp sensor for the ati chip?

I'm running 11.10 x64 on an HP Envy13. If you need any other info you consider relevant, please ask.

Thanks in advance!

[Blah91]

E: nvm

[quadrupole]

Hi! I have the same problem.


$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +50.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp2: +47.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)
temp3: +58.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +48.0°C (high = +90.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +48.0°C (high = +90.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

$/usr/sbin/pwmconfig
# pwmconfig revision 5770 (2009-09-16)
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.

/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed

So in short i think my MOBO cant control the RPM of the fans. I cant check RPM even in BIOS so some "application based" control would seem strange to me at least.

BTW i am running on DELL Studio 1555 and Debian/6.0.4(stable Squeeze)
BTW2(:p) GKRell is a nice app to have installed as monitor.

[niglas]

Any idea what this error is?

niglas@machine ~ $ service module-init-tools start
start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.125" (uid=1000 pid=14895 comm="start module-init-tools ") interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init"


The sensor section in hardinfo is still empty, how do I get it in there?
Core 1 & 2 are pretty self explanatory, but what are temp1, temp2 & Physical id 0?

Full output:
niglas@machine ~ $ sudo dmidecode | grep 'Base Board' -A 2
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Product Name: P8Z68-V
niglas@machine ~ $ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rtc

# Generated by sensors-detect on Sat Apr 21 15:04:56 2012
# Chip drivers
coretemp
niglas@machine ~ $ service module-init-tools start
start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.125" (uid=1000 pid=14895 comm="start module-init-tools ") interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init")
niglas@machine ~ $ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +27.8°C (crit = +86.0°C)
temp2: +29.8°C (crit = +86.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +38.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)
Core 0: +35.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)
Core 1: +35.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)

niglas@machine ~ $