no, it's not nice, it should have bombed out automatically w/o hitting ^C. What's the output of prog/detect/dmidecode? phil at netroedge.com wrote: > > Nice, thanks for testing. > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 04:28:24PM -0400, Pam Huntley wrote: > > Hi Phil, Mike, > > > > I tested the new lm_sensors package 2.6.5 on the ThinkPad T30. I used Red Hat Beta (null) with kernel version 2.4.18. Everything built and installed ok. When I ran sensors_detect I got the following output: > > > > <snip> > > root at tester lm_sensors-2.6.5]# prog/detect/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 done a `make install', issued a `depmod -a' and made sure > > `/etc/conf.modules' (or `/etc/modules.conf') contains the appropriate > > module path before you can use some functions of this utility. Read > > doc/modules for more information. > > Also, you need to be `root', or at least have access to the /dev/i2c[-/]* files > > for some things. You can use prog/mkdev/mkdev.sh to create these /dev files > > if you do not have them already. > > 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. > > > > dmi: read: Success > > 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! > > If this is a non-Thinkpad IBM, we still suggest you press CTRL+C. We have > > had users reporting system breakage on other IBM systems as well. > > > > 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): > > </snip> > > > > > > Obviously I hit ctrl-c at that point. > > Please let me know if this is the appropriate output, or if I should have continued to see if it actually refused to run. > > > > Once I know this is the output I'm looking for, I can also test it on the older ThinkPads as well. > > > > Thanks! > > Pam > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > -- > Philip Edelbrock -- IS Manager -- Edge Design, Corvallis, OR > phil at netroedge.com -- http://www.netroedge.com/~phil > PGP F16: 01 D2 FD 01 B5 46 F4 F0 3A 8B 9D 7E 14 7F FB 7A
