HOW TO: Install and configure lm-sensors

[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.

1. Install lm-sensors

   sudo apt-get install lm-sensors

2. Detect sensors

   sudo sensors-detect

3. Add the found sensors to /etc/modules

   sudo nano /etc/modules

4. 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 I use lm-sensors to get cpu temps for my conky.

[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 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 ...