> > What is synaptic? > > a frontend for apt. very nice. try it and you'll never give it away! I admit I could have guess that (syn-apt-ic after all). But since I don't use apt anyway... > > > I could set up my sensors. > > > But since I did that the KDE process window does not work any > > > more, ksysguardd and ksensors gave me "flex scanner jammed". > > > > Which means that sensors itself doesn't work. Am I right? > > Somehow... But sensors works... So the answer is not "somehow", it is "no, you're wrong". Then, I guess that ksysguardd and ksensors use their own configuration files? > w83627hf-isa-0290 > Adapter: ISA adapter > Algorithm: ISA algorithm > VCore 1: +1.50 V (min = +1.32 V, max = +1.47 V) ALARM > (...) > vid: +1.400 V Your vid reading could be wrong, try changing vrm in the config file. > Adapter: saa7134[0] > Algorithm: saa7134 What's that thing? > > This is a known problem, which has two possible solutions: > > > > 1* Fix your /etc/sensors.conf file. Copy the default > > etc/sensors.conf.eg file that match the version you're using, and it > > should be OK. > > I tried... and runned sensors -s. Didn't help. What if you plain delete the config file? > > 2* If it doesn't work, update to 2.8.0 or CVS, we fixed a bug in the > > parser some weeks ago. > > I'm using 2.8.0 Try CVS then <grin> (just kidding, although it may actually give results). > > "Writing to fan values" makes no sense ;) You already should be able > > to write to the min settings. As for the speed control, it is known > > as PWM. It *is* supported by our w83781d and w83627hf drivers (one > > of which you must be using), although it is known not to work > > properly for everyone. See the prog/pwm in our package, where you'll > > find the fancontrol and pwmprogram. These are the ones you need in > > order to have PWM working. Give it a try and let us know how it > > works for you. > > Ok, in the meantime, I'm running varyfan very succesfully... PWM works > nice. I did not know about that program, thanks for the information. I am going to add a link on our useful addresses page. I wonder if it offers something the programs included in our package don't. -- Jean Delvare http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
