Jean, Thanks - answers inline. Jean Delvare wrote: >Hi Charles, > >Please answer to the list, not to me only! > > So sorry - slipped up! > > >>nport1:~ # i2cdetect 0 >>Error: Could not open file `/dev/i2c-0': No such device >>nport1:~ # >> >> > >modprobe i2c-dev > >Sorry for nor telling you, sensors-detect loads it for you and I didn't >figure out you'd have rebooted since. > > > >>>So you have a Super-I/O chip, most probably from National Semiconductor. >>>Do you happen to know what it is? Our script doesn't seem to know. >>>Sometimes Super-I/O chips include hardware monitoring capabilities. >>> >>> >>No - I don't - and I don't really want to go digging under the keyboard >>to look for the MB unless I have to!! >> >> > >Yeah, I understand. I wasn't even able to open my own laptop. But >sometimes you have some technical documentation which states which chips >you have. Unfortunately, more often than not, the Super-I/O chip isn't >listed. > > > >>No - not certain at all. It does support ACPI which was off when I did >>previous results (trying to see if it was causing the problem). I can't >>seem to turn it on again - removing acpi=off from boot loader should do >>it I think - but it hangs the system - maybe this is a clue? Or am I >>being dim?. Therefore no /proc/acpi files at the moment! >> >> > >I can't say. ACPI is a very complex area, some laptops need it, some >don't like it at all, there are quirks required for half of them. >Depending on the model, it might work on a version and not on another. >We can't help you with this, see with the linux-acpi folks. > >-- >Jean Delvare > > > I have decided to go for SuSE 10 which has 2.6.13 which I need for a server anyway. I will put it on the laptop and if problems continue I will know its probably hardware and try again with lm_sensors on the later kernel. Thanks very much for your help. Charles Whittington
