Hello everyone. I am unable to get lm-sensors to detect my laptop's sensors. This is most annoying because in order to activate fan control to cool off the processor I need to have lm-sensors to find the sensors themselves. As a result, the laptop goes into some sort of slow mode after heating the processor up to 96 degrees celsius(!), and everything sloooows down to a crawl including this email that I'm typing. I have tried upgrading the bios to the Phoenix 1.06 latest version, but the only benefit has been that the temperature is correctly read by the system. The /proc/acpi/fan directory is totally empty. The system even overheats and slows down in Windows XP which I reinstalled recently in order to upgrade the bios. I am using Ubuntu 8.10 at the moment, with a small partition dedicated to windoze for future bios upgrades. Here is my lshw output: # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.31 present. 32 structures occupying 1056 bytes. Table at 0x000DC010. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Version: V1.06 Release Date: 05/23/2006 Address: 0xE5C90 Runtime Size: 107376 bytes ROM Size: 512 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported AGP is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 25 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Acer Product Name: TravelMate 2420 Version: 0100 Serial Number: LXTB2050976140176D2000 UUID: 283CFC60-C3FD-11DA-B12D-87C5F6D9DBD1 Wake-up Type: Power Switch Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Acer Product Name: Garda-910 Version: Rev Serial Number: LXTB2050976140176D2000 Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 21 bytes Chassis Information Manufacturer: Acer Type: Notebook Lock: Not Present Version: N/A Serial Number: None Asset Tag: None Boot-up State: Safe Power Supply State: Safe Thermal State: Safe Security Status: None OEM Information: 0x00000000 Height: 52 U Number Of Power Cords: 18 Contained Elements: 0 Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: U1 Type: Central Processor Family: Unknown Manufacturer: Intel ID: D8 06 00 00 FF FB E9 AF Version: A0 Voltage: 3.3 V External Clock: 100 MHz Max Speed: 1600 MHz Current Speed: 1600 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket 478 L1 Cache Handle: 0x0008 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0009 L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided Serial Number: Not Specified Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: Not Specified Handle 0x0005, DMI type 5, 20 bytes Memory Controller Information Error Detecting Method: None Error Correcting Capabilities: None Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave Current Interleave: One-way Interleave Maximum Memory Module Size: 1024 MB Maximum Total Memory Size: 2048 MB Supported Speeds: 70 ns 60 ns Supported Memory Types: DIMM SDRAM Memory Module Voltage: 3.3 V Associated Memory Slots: 2 0x0006 0x0007 Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities: Unknown Handle 0x0006, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: M1 Bank Connections: 0 1 Current Speed: Unknown Type: DIMM SDRAM Installed Size: Not Installed Enabled Size: Not Installed Error Status: OK Handle 0x0007, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: M2 Bank Connections: 2 3 Current Speed: Unknown Type: DIMM SDRAM Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x0008, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L1 Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 32 KB Maximum Size: 32 KB Supported SRAM Types: Burst Pipeline Burst Asynchronous Installed SRAM Type: Asynchronous Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: None System Type: Other Associativity: Other Handle 0x0009, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L2 Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 1024 KB Maximum Size: 1024 KB Supported SRAM Types: Burst Pipeline Burst Asynchronous Installed SRAM Type: Burst Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: Other Handle 0x000A, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: CN5 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x000B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: CN6 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x000C, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: CN7 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x000D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: CN26 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: MODEM External Connector Type: RJ-11 Port Type: Modem Port Handle 0x000E, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: U49 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: LAN External Connector Type: RJ-45 Port Type: Network Port Handle 0x000F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: CN24 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: LINE-IN JACK External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x0010, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: CN25 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: HEADPHONE-OUT JACK External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x0011, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: CN2 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: IEEE 1394 External Connector Type: IEEE 1394 Port Type: Firewire (IEEE P1394) Handle 0x0012, DMI type 9, 13 bytes System Slot Information Designation: PCMCIA Slot J07 Type: 32-bit PC Card (PCMCIA) Current Usage: Unknown Length: Long ID: Adapter 0, Socket 0 Characteristics: 5.0 V is provided 3.3 V is provided PC Card-16 is supported Cardbus is supported Handle 0x0013, DMI type 10, 6 bytes On Board Device Information Type: Sound Status: Disabled Description: ADI Handle 0x0014, DMI type 11, 5 bytes OEM Strings String 1: This is the Intel Alviso String 2: Chipset CRB Platform Handle 0x0015, DMI type 12, 5 bytes System Configuration Options Option 1: Jumper settings can be described here. Handle 0x0016, DMI type 16, 15 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 1 GB Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 2 Handle 0x0017, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0016 Error Information Handle: No Error Total Width: Unknown Data Width: Unknown Size: No Module Installed Form Factor: DIMM Set: 2 Locator: M1 Bank Locator: Bank 0 Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Manufacturer: Not Specified Serial Number: Not Specified Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: Not Specified Handle 0x0018, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0016 Error Information Handle: No Error Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: 2 Locator: M2 Bank Locator: Bank 1 Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Manufacturer: Not Specified Serial Number: Not Specified Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: Not Specified Handle 0x0019, DMI type 19, 15 bytes Memory Array Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF Range Size: 512 MB Physical Array Handle: 0x0016 Partition Width: 0 Handle 0x001A, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x000000003FF Range Size: 1 kB Physical Device Handle: 0x0017 Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0019 Partition Row Position: 1 Handle 0x001B, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF Range Size: 512 MB Physical Device Handle: 0x0018 Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0019 Partition Row Position: 1 Handle 0x001C, DMI type 32, 11 bytes System Boot Information Status: No errors detected Handle 0x001D, DMI type 136, 6 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 88 06 1D 00 5A 5A Handle 0x001E, DMI type 200, 7 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: C8 07 1E 00 01 02 03 Strings: 17C0 0001 Handle 0x001F, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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