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List:       lm-sensors
Subject:    Re: [lm-sensors] "FATAL: Module i2c_nforce2 not found." and "FATAL:
From:       Jean Delvare <khali () linux-fr ! org>
Date:       2010-03-16 15:33:33
Message-ID: 20100316163333.7f5911f7 () hyperion ! delvare
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:25:03 -0700, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > It's not only i2c-* modules that can't be found. Apparently
> > sensors-detect can't find _any_ module on your system. You have
> > probably broken your kernel modules system-wide.
> 
> Yeah so weird. I don't know what happened or how it happened.
> 
>  
> > > # uname -a
> > > Linux foobar 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010 i686 
> > > GNU/Linux
> > 
> > This looks good, but OTOH I have no idea if your locate database is
> > up-to-date. Try running "updatedb" first, then "locate i2c-nforce2"
> > again.
> 
> I installed a newer kernel 2.6.32 package (non-trunk) from apt-get
> install, trunk kernel wasn't working either, rebooted, used non-trunk
> and all works now. WEIRD!
> 
> # uname -a
> Linux foobar 2.6.32-3-686 #1 SMP Thu Feb 25 06:14:20 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
> 
> I noticed this kernel upgrade detected something new: 
> http://pastie.org/872083 (too long to post in here). It never detected 
> adt7473 module, but it never show it in sensors command. What is it? 
> From a quick Google search, it seems to be fan controls or something?

Hardware monitoring chip, on your graphics adapter. Getting these to
work if often tedious because nVidia is not cooperating. Try the
following (as root):

# echo adt7473 0x2e > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-4/new_device

Then "sensors" might show more.

> # lsmod |grep adt7473
> adt7473                 8792  0 
> i2c_core               12648  3 adt7473,nvidia,i2c_nforce2
> # lsmod |grep w83627ehf
> <showed nothing>
> 
> Weird?

This is again and again the same problem Luca explained to you before.
I won't repeat.

-- 
Jean Delvare

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