> On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 17:26 -0500, Anish Patel wrote:
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> > On 01/17/11 16:54, Guenter Roeck wrote:
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> > > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 15:26 -0500, DarkNovaNick@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > >> I recently bought the new Intel Sandy Bridge processor, i5-2500k,
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> > >> along with a Gigabyte GA-H67A-UD3H motherboard. I've used lm_sensors
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> > >> in the past and am trying to get it to work with my new setup (on
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> > >> Ubuntu 10.10 kernel 2.6.35-24). I downloaded the latest version of the
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> > >> sensors-detect script from the website and it was not able to find any
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> > >> sensors. Here is the output:
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> > >>
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> > >> ---------
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> > >>
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> > >> # sensors-detect revision 5901 (2011-01-14 17:11:54 +0100)
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> > >> # System: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H67A-UD3H
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> > >>
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> > >> This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
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> > >> to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
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> > >> and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
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> > >> unless you know what you're doing.
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> > >>
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> > >> Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded
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> > >> sensors.
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> > >> Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no):
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> > >> Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
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> > >> VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
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> > >> VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
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> > >> AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
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> > >> AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
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> > >> AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
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> > >> Intel Core family thermal sensor... No
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> > >> Intel Atom thermal sensor... No
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> > >> Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
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> > >> VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
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> > >> VIA Nano thermal sensor... No
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> > >>
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> > >> Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
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> > >> standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
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> > >> Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
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> > >> Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
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> > >> Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
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> > >> Trying family `SMSC'... No
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> > >> Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
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> > >> Trying family `ITE'... Yes
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> > >> Found unknown chip with ID 0x8728
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> > >> (logical device 4 has address 0x290, could be sensors)
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> > > The problem is more likely that the SuperIO chip used in your system is
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> > > not supported. If so, your problem doesn't have anything to do with
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> > > SandyBridge.
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> > >
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> > > Guenter
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > i think the more likely problem is that his kernel doesn't know about
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> > the sandy bridge thermal diode.
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> > the coretemp module probably needs an update.
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> >
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> The coretemp driver checks CPU registers to determine if the CPU
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> supports thermal sensors or not; Sandy Bridge specific changes should
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> not be necessary for this to work. Maybe it would help to simply enter
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> "modprobe coretemp".
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> Guenter
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I just tried doing "modprobe coretemp" and then when I did "sensors" it seemed to output correctly. I'm not sure why I didn't think of that -- thanks. sensors-detect still does not suggest coretemp or any other modules to load though. Thanks,
Nick
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