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lurid
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 Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:32 pm Post subject: 2.6.0 final - Still having i2c problems |
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Ok, I have a VIA motherboard. I'm trying to get my hardware sensors working. I haven't had any luck with the test series but I just figured something was wrong or there wasn't support yet. Now that 2.6 stable is out and its still not working, I'm going to ask about it. According to the lm_sensors website, I should be using the viapro and the via686a modules.
| Quote: | Description
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i2c-viapro is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with one of the
supported VIA southbridges.
Your /proc/pci or lspci -n listing must show one of these :
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device 1106:3057 (VT82C686 function 4)
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cat /proc/pci:
| Code: | Bus 0, device 17, function 1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies, In VT82C586/B/686A/B PI (rev 6). |
| Quote: | Kernel driver `via686a.o'
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Status: Stable.
Supported chips:
* Via VT82C686A, VT82C686B Southbridge Integrated Hardware Monitor |
So, the modules selected are correct according to those documents.
lsmod:
| Code: | Module Size Used by
via686a 18308 0
i2c_viapro 5836 0
i2c_isa 1664 0
i2c_sensor 2368 1 via686a
i2c_dev 8640 0
i2c_core 21252 5 via686a,i2c_viapro,i2c_isa,i2c_sensor,i2c_dev |
All the modules are loaded, yet GKrellM2 reports no sensors are found. I've poked around in both /proc and /sys and have found no i2c information at all. Can anyone help me to get this going? I'm at a complete loss.
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Epyon
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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I have a VIA chipset on my motherboard(KT333) and I need to put these in /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6:
i2c-viapro
i2c-isa
eeprom
w83781d
I was having a hell of a time trying to get it to work until I realized I needed the eeprom module |
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lurid
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I added those modules (with my driver instead and eeprom) to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 and rebooted.
| Code: | Module Size Used by
via686a 18308 0
eeprom 5888 0
i2c_sensor 2368 2 via686a,eeprom
i2c_isa 1664 0
i2c_viapro 5836 0
i2c_core 21252 5 via686a,eeprom,i2c_sensor,i2c_isa,i2c_viapro |
Still nothing. /sys now shows some stuff under an i2c directory, but it only deals with eeprom, nothing about the actual sensor.
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newbenji
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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try with only
via686a
i2c-isa
as i know via686a and i2c-viapro can't work together.. |
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lurid
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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I finally figured this out a few days ago. Evidently, the lm_sensors page is incorrect, or just possibly out of date. Turns out I need these modules
| Code: | i2c_isa 1664 0
w83781d 33920 0
i2c_sensor 2368 1 w83781d
i2c_core 21252 3 i2c_isa,w83781d,i2c_sensor |
There is something to be said for compiling every module and inserting them one by one until it actually works. Its a shme it took so much time to do it though. Just goes to show how important accurate documentation is. That page had me loading the completely wrong module.
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stateq2
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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edit: nevermind 
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Kow
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yea LM-Sensors is probably the worst documentated project ever, along with its sensors-detect program.
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