Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 May 2007 20:25:40 +0200 | From | "Antonino Ingargiola" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1 |
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Hi Jean,
2007/5/14, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>: [cut] > > 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,
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