Well, you can't load modules unless you're root. The assumption is that all troublesome systems have a PIIX4. i2c-piix4 won't load if it's an IBM. If a) the problem is something not on a piix4 bus, and b) the user compiled-in those modules or loaded the modules before, then there could be a problem. Jean Delvare wrote: > > > I understand that the project is in need of hardware in purpose of > > testing. I would just like to make everyone aware of that I happend to > > own an IBM ThinkPad 760XL. I know that lm_sensors destroys the > > Thinpad's EPROM if run (due to a broken hardware-standard > > implementation, right?). However, if there is someone who wants to > > test something on it I can do that for him/her (or just give the > > person in question a SSH account) as long as I don't have to replace > > my motherboard :) > > I finished the detection code in sensors-detect. It would be great if we > were able to test it on your system. > > The idea is: get lm_sensors from CVS and install it; run sensors-detect > as root. > You don't risk anything. If the detection works as I think it should, > sensors-detect will refuse to continue. If not, you just press CTRL+C. > In both cases, you let us know what happened. > > Everyone: > > There still is a problem: we can't run dmidecode if we are not root. And > the problem is the same if we do what dmidecode does directly in perl, > since we still need read access to /dev/mem. So, my question is: can we > break a thinkpad without being root? If yes, we are facing a serious > problem, and I have no idea how to solve it. > > BTW, you are all invited to test the new sensors-detect and report any > problem that occurs. My policy has been: > 1* If we aren't root or can't run dmidecode or dmidecode doesn't work > the way we expect: display the good old IBM warning; > 2* If we detect a non-IBM system, no warning at all. > 3* If we detect an IBM system, explain and exit. > 4* If we detect a blank system vendor, same as 1*. > If someone has any objection, please let me know. > > Good night everyone :) > > -- > Jean "Khali" Delvare > http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
