Hi again, > > 2 more questions : > > - has anyone found a reliable way to read the via686a's output ? it's > > offset by approx. 5?C here... > > Which values are you comparing with? The "idle" temperature may vary > from OS to OS (and from OS to BIOS setup screen), so the temperature > offset may be normal. Well, there is a significant difference between the readings I get from the BIOS and those form sensors. I don't think that the CPU has enough time to cool down by over 5?C between the moment I shutdown Linux and I access the BIOS for example... > If you want to correct it, you still can edit your /etc/sensors.conf > file. "Compute tempX @+5, @-5" should do it (or the contrary, depending > on the offset sign). Well I'll try that ... although I'm not sure is as simple as that, I'll prolly have to do a little benchmark. > If you believe this is a bug in our driver and can prove it, we'll of > course fix it. I think it's more related to what seems to be a common problem with VIA chipsets, ie the temp readings are not accurate. :( > See our installation guide here: > http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/devel/i2c/ > It describes your problem and a solution. Thanx, I hadn't noticed the patch down there, working now :) Although the only sensors listed on the card are eeprom, and not really working. I thought there was a temp reading but maybe the card is too old to have that (3D prophet, Geforce256 based card...) > Note that the solution doesn't work with Linux 2.4.22 for now, but I'm > currently working on an update (Hopefully available within the end of > the day). Well that's ok, I'm sticking to 2.4.21 for now, until grsec is patched too. If you don't mind my bothering you some more ... - sensors-detect says: Detects correctly: * Bus `SMBus Via Pro adapter at 0400' (Non-I2C SMBus adapter) Busdriver `i2c-viapro', I2C address 0x2d Chip `National Semiconductor LM80' (confidence: 3) However, I don't think I've got that chip anywhere on my PC. I wonder what chip could be misdetected like that, where to look ? Thanks, Romain PS: if you like we can continue in French, unless there are other readers of course, I happen to be French as well :P
