Do: sudo sensors-detect
Just go with defaults... goes somthing like this (am I the only one having trouble using bold, colors, smilies etc. with Opera here?):
urmas@rocinante:~$ sudo sensors-detect
Password:
# sensors-detect revision 1.413 (2006/01/19 20:28:00)
This program will help you determine which I2C/SMBus modules you need to
load to use lm_sensors most effectively. You need to have i2c and
lm_sensors installed before running this program.
Also, you need to be `root', or at least have access to the /dev/i2c-*
files, for most things.
If you have patched your kernel and have some drivers built in, you can
safely answer NO if asked to load some modules. In this case, things may
seem a bit confusing, but they will still work.
It is generally safe and recommended to accept the default answers to all
questions, unless you know what you're doing.
We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
You do not need any special privileges for this.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): y
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-viapro' for device 00:11.0: VIA Technologies VT8233A/8235 South Bridge
Probe succesfully concluded.
We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-viapro' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported adapters, you can have them
scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.
To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
If it is built-in into your kernel, you can safely skip this.
i2c-dev is not loaded. Do you want to load it now? (YES/no): y
Module loaded succesfully.
We are now going to do the adapter probings. Some adapters may hang halfway
through; we can't really help that. Also, some chips will be double detected;
we choose the one with the highest confidence value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address, you can
specify that address to remain unprobed. That often
includes address 0x69 (clock chip).
Next adapter: NVIDIA I2C Device
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x21
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J'... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'... Failed!
Next adapter: NVIDIA I2C Device
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Next adapter: NVIDIA I2C Device
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 1, driver `eeprom')
Probing for `DDC monitor'... Success!
(confidence 8, driver `eeprom'), other addresses: 0x51 0x52 0x53 0x54 0x55 0x56 0x57
Probing for `Maxim MAX6900'... Failed!
Client found at address 0x51
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 1, driver `eeprom')
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 1, driver `eeprom')
Client found at address 0x53
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 1, driver `eeprom')
Client found at address 0x63
Next adapter: bt878 #0 [sw]
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client at address 0x43 can not be probed - unload all client drivers first!
Client at address 0x50 can not be probed - unload all client drivers first!
Client found at address 0x51
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 1, driver `eeprom')
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 1, driver `eeprom')
Client found at address 0x53
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 1, driver `eeprom')
Client at address 0x60 can not be probed - unload all client drivers first!
Next adapter: SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): y
Client found at address 0x2f
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J'... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM80'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83791D'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83792D'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83791SD'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'... Failed!
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.1)'... Failed!
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.2)'... Failed!
Probing for `Asus ASB100 Bach'... Failed!
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM9240'... Failed!
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1780'... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM81'... Failed!
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1029'... Failed!
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'... Failed!
Client found at address 0x30
Client found at address 0x31
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 8, driver `eeprom')
Probing for `DDC monitor'... Failed!
Probing for `Maxim MAX6900'... Failed!
Client found at address 0x51
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 8, driver `eeprom')
Client found at address 0x69
Some chips are also accessible through the ISA bus. ISA probes are
typically a bit more dangerous, as we have to write to I/O ports to do
this. This is usually safe though.
Do you want to scan the ISA bus? (YES/no): y
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595'
Trying general detect... Failed!
Probing for `VIA Technologies VT82C686 Integrated Sensors'
Trying general detect... Failed!
Probing for `VIA Technologies VT8231 Integrated Sensors'
Trying general detect... Failed!
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `ITE IT8705F / SiS 950'
Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS'
Trying address 0x0ca0... Failed!
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC'
Trying address 0x0ca8... Failed!
Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. Super I/O probes are
typically a bit more dangerous, as we have to write to I/O ports to do
this. This is usually safe though.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for `ITE 8702F Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `Nat. Semi. PC87351 Super IO Fan Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `SMSC 47B27x Super IO Fan Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `VT1211 Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (0x60)
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (0x60)
Probing for `Winbond W83627THF Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (0x60)
Probing for `Winbond W83637HF Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (0x60)
Probing for `Winbond W83687THF Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (0x60)
Probing for `Winbond W83697HF Super IO Sensors'
Success... found at address 0x0290
Probing for `Winbond W83697SF/UF Super IO PWM'
Failed! (0x60)
Probing for `Winbond W83L517D Super IO'
Failed! (0x60)
Probing for `Fintek F71805F/FG Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (0x6012)
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF/EHG Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (0x6012)
Do you want to scan for secondary Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for `ITE 8702F Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `Nat. Semi. PC87351 Super IO Fan Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `SMSC 47B27x Super IO Fan Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `VT1211 Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF/EHG Super IO Sensors'
Failed! (skipping family)
Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:
Driver `eeprom' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Bus `NVIDIA I2C Device'
Busdriver `UNKNOWN', I2C address 0x50 (and 0x51 0x52 0x53 0x54 0x55 0x56 0x57)
Chip `DDC monitor' (confidence: 8)
* Bus `bt878 #0 [sw]'
Busdriver `UNKNOWN', I2C address 0x51
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 1)
* Bus `bt878 #0 [sw]'
Busdriver `UNKNOWN', I2C address 0x52
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 1)
* Bus `bt878 #0 [sw]'
Busdriver `UNKNOWN', I2C address 0x53
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 1)
* Bus `SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000'
Busdriver `i2c-viapro', I2C address 0x50
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 8)
* Bus `SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000'
Busdriver `i2c-viapro', I2C address 0x51
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 8)
Driver `w83627hf' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* ISA bus address 0x0290 (Busdriver `i2c-isa')
Chip `Winbond W83697HF Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)
I will now generate the commands needed to load the I2C modules.
To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to
/etc/modules:
#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
# modprobe unknown adapter bt878 #0 [sw]
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA I2C Device
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA I2C Device
# modprobe unknown adapter NVIDIA I2C Device
i2c-viapro
i2c-isa
# I2C chip drivers
eeprom
w83627hf
#----cut here----
Do you want to add these lines to /etc/modules automatically? (yes/NO)yes
As you can see, it's not "satisfaction guaranteed"... it would take some tweaking to get everything up and running on my oldie AMD 3000+.
BUT: if it's just processor temp info you're after, install a panel applet called "sensors-applet". You can do this with Synaptic Package Manager, or in Terminal (let's install "libsensors3" as well):
sudo apt-get install libsensors3 sensors-applet
Once installed, right click on an "empty spot" on a panel, choose "Add to Panel". Choose the right applet (monitoring sensors or something like that) from the list.