The key is the SMBus controller is not enabled. To fix that use 'force=1'. Unfortunately the driver has no check for an uninitialized base address so using this alone could hang your computer. I'll put in a fix for that. The safest is to use 'modprobe i2c-viapro force_address=0xaddr force=1'. To pick an address, cat /proc/ioports and select an address that doesn't conflict with anything else. Something big like 0xc000 is generally safe. mds Ron Murray wrote: > > Hi. Thanks for the reply. > > Below is as much information as I can find from the system whenever > I try to run sensors-detect. Although it seems to find the VT82C686, > it apparently can't enable it. I haven't tried any of the forcexxx > options to modprobe, mostly because I don't have a clue what addresses > I should feed it with. > > Of course, for all I know, Compaq in their infinite wisdom didn't > feel inclined to put any sensors on the motherboard at all, and I > might be wasting your time (I couldn't identify any other motherboard > chips as sensors from your list, but that might be just my poor > eyesight). But if it doesn't, you might record that in your FAQ and > save wasting anyone else's time. > > Thanks, > > .....Ron > > (output from assorted programs and logs follows) > > Output of sensors-detect : > ========================== > > This program will help you to determine which I2C/SMBus modules you need to > load to use lm_sensors most effectively. > You need to have installed lm-sensors modules before you can use > some functions of this utility. > Also, you need to be `root', or at least have access to > the /dev/i2c[-/]* files for some things. > If you have patched your kernel and have some drivers built-in you can > safely answer NO if asked to load some modules. In this case, things may > seem a bit confusing, but they will still work. > > IF THIS IS AN IBM THINKPAD, PRESS CTRL-C NOW! > IBM Thinkpads have a severely broken i2c/SMBus implementation, just scanning > the bus will break your thinkpad forever! > > We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters. > You do not need any special privileges for this. > Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): YES > Probing for PCI bus adapters... > Use driver `i2c-viapro' for device 00:14.4: VIA Technologies VT82C686 Apollo ACPI > Use driver `i2c-riva' for device 01:00.0: RIVA UVTNT2 > Probe succesfully concluded. > > We will now try to load each adapter module in turn. > Load `i2c-viapro' (say NO if built into your kernel)? (YES/no): YES > /lib/modules/2.4.17-khufu-freeswan-2/misc/i2c-viapro.o: init_module: No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters > /lib/modules/2.4.17-khufu-freeswan-2/misc/i2c-viapro.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.17-khufu-freeswan-2/misc/i2c-viapro.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.17-khufu-freeswan-2/misc/i2c-viapro.o: insmod i2c-viapro failedLoading failed ()... skipping. > Load `i2c-riva' (say NO if built into your kernel)? (YES/no): YES > modprobe: Can't locate module i2c-riva > Loading failed ()... skipping. > ** Note: i2c-riva module is available at > ** http://drama.obuda.kando.hu/~fero/cgi-bin/rivatv.shtml > Do you now want to be prompted for non-detectable adapters? (yes/NO): NO > To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded. > If it is built-in into your kernel, you can safely skip this. > i2c-dev is already loaded. > > We are now going to do the adapter probings. Some adapters may hang halfway > through; we can't really help that. Also, some chips will 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. That often > includes address 0x69 (clock chip). > > Some chips are also accessible through the ISA bus. ISA probes are > typically a bit more dangerous, as we have to write to I/O ports to do > this. Do you want to scan the ISA bus? (YES/no): YES > Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > Probing for `Winbond W83781D' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > Probing for `Winbond W83782D' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > Probing for `Winbond W83627HF' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > Probing for `Winbond W83697HF' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595' > Trying general detect... Failed! > Probing for `VIA Technologies VT 82C686 Integrated Sensors' > Trying general detect... Failed! > Probing for `ITE IT8705F / IT8712F / SiS 950' > Trying address 0x0290... Failed! > > Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done. > Just press ENTER to continue: > > I will now generate the commands needed to load the I2C modules. > Sometimes, a chip is available both through the ISA bus and an I2C bus. > ISA bus access is faster, but you need to load an additional driver module > for it. If you have the choice, do you want to use the ISA bus or the > I2C/SMBus (ISA/smbus)? > > WARNING! If you have some things built into your kernel, the > below list will contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! > To load everything that is needed, edit /etc/modules and add the modules > listed here to it: > > #----cut here---- > # I2C adapter drivers > # I2C chip drivers > #----cut here---- > > Then, run /etc/init.d/modutils > > To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to > /etc/modutils/local and run update-modules: > > #----cut here---- > # I2C module options > alias char-major-89 i2c-dev > #----cut here---- > > dmesg results: > ============== > > i2c-viapro.o version 2.6.2 (20011118) > i2c-viapro.o: Found Via VT82C686A/B device > SMBUS: Error: Host SMBus controller not enabled! > i2c-viapro.o: Can't detect vt82c596 or compatible device, module not inserted. > i2c-dev.o: i2c /dev entries driver module > i2c-core.o: driver i2c-dev dummy driver registered. > > lsmod > ===== > > Module Size Used by Not tainted > i2c-dev 3776 0 (unused) > serial 44064 1 (autoclean) > ncr53c8xx 51744 1 (autoclean) > sr_mod 12280 2 (autoclean) > scsi_mod 86328 2 (autoclean) [ncr53c8xx sr_mod] > pktcdvd 16584 1 (autoclean) > cdrom 28736 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod pktcdvd] > nfsd 66592 8 (autoclean) > snd-seq-midi 3232 0 (autoclean) (unused) > snd-seq-oss 23296 0 (unused) > snd-seq-midi-event 2744 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] > snd-seq 36908 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] > snd-pcm-oss 35776 0 > snd-mixer-oss 9120 1 [snd-pcm-oss] > snd-card-cs46xx 1440 1 > snd-cs46xx 67840 0 [snd-card-cs46xx] > snd-pcm 45664 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-cs46xx] > snd-timer 10208 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] > snd-rawmidi 11936 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-cs46xx] > snd-seq-device 3920 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]snd-ac97-codec 22784 0 [snd-cs46xx] > snd 23784 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-card-cs46xx snd-cs46xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec] > soundcore 3396 7 [snd] > af_packet 8520 1 (autoclean) > i2c-proc 6176 0 > i2c-core 12448 0 [i2c-dev i2c-proc] > scanner 8480 0 (unused) > usb-uhci 21316 0 (unused) > usbcore 53344 1 [scanner usb-uhci] > 3c59x 24808 1 > nfs 70940 1 > lockd 48256 1 [nfsd nfs] > sunrpc 58996 1 [nfsd nfs lockd] > > lspci -n > ======== > > 00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:0691 (rev 03) > 00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:8305 > 00:03.0 Class 0c00: 104c:8020 > 00:04.0 Class 0200: 10b7:9001 > 00:05.0 Class 0100: 1000:0004 (rev 04) > 00:06.0 Class 0400: 109e:036e (rev 11) > 00:06.1 Class 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 11) > 00:07.0 Class 0401: 1013:6003 (rev 01) > 00:14.0 Class 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 22) > 00:14.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 10) > 00:14.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 10) > 00:14.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 10) > 00:14.4 Class 0680: 1106:3057 (rev 30) > 01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:002d (rev 15) > > lspci -v > ======== > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 03) > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 > Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 > Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 > > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) > Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0 > Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 > Memory behind bridge: 40000000-40ffffff > Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 42000000-43ffffff > Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 > > 00:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8020 (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) > Subsystem: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8010 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 3 > Memory at 41300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] > Memory at 41100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 1 > > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900 Combo [Boomerang] > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 > I/O ports at 1400 [size=64] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K] > > 00:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic (formerly NCR) 53c815 (rev 04) > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 5 > I/O ports at 1000 [size=256] > Memory at 41400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=32K] > > 00:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 11) > Subsystem: Unknown device bd11:1200 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11 > Memory at 41500000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data > Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 > > 00:06.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 11) > Subsystem: Unknown device bd11:1200 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11 > Memory at 41600000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data > Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 > > 00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) > Subsystem: Voyetra Technologies: Unknown device 3357 > Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3 > Memory at 41200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > Memory at 41000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 > > 00:14.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22) > Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 > > 00:14.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 10) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 > I/O ports at 1480 [size=16] > Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 > > 00:14.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) > Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at 1440 [size=32] > Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 > > 00:14.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) > Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at 1460 [size=32] > Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 > > 00:14.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30) > Flags: medium devsel > Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2 > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Vanta [NV6] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0022 > Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3 > Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] > Memory at 42000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K] > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1 > Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0 > > System details > ============== > > - Compaq 7000US > - Processor is 1.2G AMD Athlon > - 512M memory > - VIA VT82C686A chip on motherboard > - Kernel version 2.4.17, with freeswan and packet writing patches > added > - lm_sensors version 2.6.2, i2c version 2.6.2 > > -- > Ron Murray (rjmx at rjmx.net) > https://www.rjmx.net/~ron > GPG Public Key Fingerprint: F2C1 FC47 5EF7 0317 133C D66B 8ADA A3C4 D86C 74DE
