Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (87 mails)

["Paul C. Leopardi" <paul.leopardi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Rajko M. wrote:
> On my computer it is still the /etc/sensors3.conf that is not good.
> I can see values where min is larger than max value. You can see what
> sensors reports with command:
>  sensors
> If there is no output than you should run 'sensors-detect' that will
> install kernel drivers, and then adjust whatever is the resulting
> /etc/sensors3.conf to show reasonable values.

I've already run sensors-detect. The output of sensors looks like:

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +30.0°C

it8712-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1:     +1.30 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
VCore 2:     +2.59 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
+3.3V:       +3.33 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
+5V:         +2.66 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)
+12V:       +12.10 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)
-12V:        -8.09 V  (min = -27.36 V, max =  +3.93 V)
-5V:         -5.46 V  (min = -13.64 V, max =  +4.03 V)
Stdby:       +4.38 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)
VBat:        +3.15 V
fan1:       2057 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
fan2:          0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
fan3:          0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
M/B Temp:    +25.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = transistor
CPU Temp:    +26.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = transistor
Temp3:       +36.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal 
diode
cpu0_vid:   +0.000 V

> So far I know, sensors is not really supported by manufacturers of
> motherboards. The problem is when sensor chip on the motherboard is
> connected in a different way than reference design, given by chip vendor.
> That is the reason I don't use them much, and if I do, than only for values
> that I can check in BIOS health monitor (or similar named part of BIOS),
> and windows utility that can be found on motherboard web site with BIOS
> updates.

I've found the temperature and fan speed readings given by sensors to be very 
useful. I have a quiet fan and use fancontrol to control its speed, and use 
the System Guard widget on the panel to see the current Temp3 and Fan1 
values. That is, I used to, up until the update from SUSE 10.1 to 11.0.

> See:
>  http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices
> for the list of supported hardware. Note that if it worked in 10.1, it
> doesn't mean that it gave correct values for all parameters.

My motherboard is a Gigabyte K8NNXP nForce3 150 with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 
CPU. It uses a ITE IT8712F-A chip. 
See (eg.)
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1697
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/roundupmobo/gigabyte-k8nnxp-nforce3pro150.html
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2003/gigabyte/k8nnxp/k8nnxpgallery2.htm

The web page you referred me to says this has been supported by the it87 
driver since lm-sensors 2.6.0 and kernel 2.5.69.

Best, Paul








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