i2c & lm_sensors on minislack 1.1

[borromini]

Hi guys, managed to compile i2c support into my kernel, simply great, but now I have to load the modules manually everytime I boot... The concerned modules are listed in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, it is executable, and a second time in an autostart file (bash script in the ~/Desktop/Autostart folder for Xfce). Yet it still refuses to work. I even went as far as giving root rights to myself for the /sbin/modprobe command, to no avail.

Everytime I boot up and execute 'sensors', it says 'no sensors found', and I have to modprobe all the modules manually (only three but hey...) Now I've noticed my /etc/modules.conf file is completely empty, is this normal? Done some reading, but the content of sample files look far to complicated for me, and I'm afraid I'm gonna screw up something if I use one of them instead of my default one.

Can anyone help me out?

[MaX_ManIc]

first try executing as root

# sensors-detect

it should detect onboard sensors, if they are compiled as kernel modules, and give you lines which u must add to /etc/modules.conf & /etc/modprobe.conf

hope it helps

[borromini]

Hi, thanks for your help, but I already did that - I know which sensors are to be probed. I added the lines to one of the startup scripts at /etc/rc.d/, but to no avail...

The fact I can modprobe the sensors manually shows they have been detected, it just won't load automatically

[MaX_ManIc]

did u add

/usr/bin/sensors -s

to /etc/rc.d/rc.local?

that should load the sensors!

[borromini]

It is in the rc.modules file in the/etc/rc.d/ folder... Anyway, I suppose the -s option means 'silent', am I right? It is there, but since the modprobes are not executed rightly, the 'sensors' command doesn't seem the problem to me...

Anyway, maybe this also plays a role:at the end of the configuration, lm_sensors tells me it has an lm_sensors.init file which I should place in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ to make it start at boot. That should be available in /usr/share/doc/packages/sensors/prog/init/lm_sensors.init, but I can't find it there. I created the path, tried to run the configuration again in the hope it would be created this time, to no avail.

Also, I haven't got a /etc/rc.d/init.d/ directory neither... Don't know if this is Slackware-related though. SuSE seemed to have it AFAIK.
If I execute modprobe & sensors manually, i get some results - temps, present memory (DIMMs), fan speeds, ... So it does work...

[MaX_ManIc]

ok, then i suggest to put lines, given by sensors-detect in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local and not /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

i did and is working just fine, anyway here is my configuration

/etc/modprobe.conf
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev

/etc/rc.d/rc.local
# I2C adapter drivers
modprobe i2c-nforce2
modprobe i2c-isa
# I2C chip drivers
modprobe w83627hf
# sleep 2
/usr/local/bin/sensors -s # recommended


and about that .../init.d/ stuff i think that u don't need it for minislack or any other slack flavored distro

[borromini]

Ok, thanks, can I know which motherboard you have? I've got an nForce2 too, an A7N8X-E. Anyway, all of those lines look familar to me, I'll try putting the lines as you said. Thanks a lot. I'll see what it gives and let you know .

Thanks for your help so far

[MaX_ManIc]

well it is an Nforce3 MSi K8n Neo2 Platinum, and i should remove that nforce2 line, maybe i will

[borromini]

Hi there, I did as you said, I moved the commands from my rc.i2c to rc.local, and added the line to /etc/modprobe.conf, and it works like a charm now . Now all I have to do is get rid of that segmentation fault in torsmo, and I can finally monitor my system .

[MaX_ManIc]

im just happy i helped