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    SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.22-rc1
    Hi Jean,

    2007/5/14, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>:
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    > > I've not found an obvious way to set it in sensors.conf. Could you
    > > point me to some doumentation, thanks.
    >
    > sensors.conf supposedly _is_ the the documentation ;)
    >
    > Search for the following line in /etc/sensors.conf:
    >
    > chip "via686a-*"
    >
    > After this line, add:
    >
    > set fan1_div 4
    > set fan2_div 4
    >
    > Save, quit, run "sensors -s" (as root), that should do it.

    Thanks for the explanation (it's not too evident form sensors.conf ;)).

    > > Is this new version required only for the via686 chip or should be a
    > > general advise for Debian Etch users to upgrade to lm-sensors >=
    > > 2.10.3 for kernels >= 2.6.22?
    >
    > The problem affects almost all hardware monitoring chips, so this is a
    > general advice. I've added a note about it on the lm-sensors website.
    >
    > Alternatively though, you could have recompiled your kernel with
    > CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y, then lm_sensors 2.10.1 would have worked
    > fine again. Sorry for not mentioning this before, this might have been
    > easier than upgrading lm_sensors.

    No problem. I took no more than 5 min to do the backport instead of
    ~25 min of a full kernel built ;-). BTW it's always good to know the
    various solutions.

    Thanks,

    ~ Antonio
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