Final Thought - Addendum to step 6... DO remove lm-sensors package, or change the Makefile to install to /usr. It will otherwise install to /usr/local and you will have duplicates.
On Feb 12, 2008 11:26 PM, Patrick Zaloum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problem SOLVED! > So for anyone using a new motherboard with Etch facing the same error many > people were: > FATAL: Error inserting w83627ehf > (/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.ko): No such > device > The steps i took to successfully get it to work: > > 1. Upgrade to kernel 2.6.22 from etch-backports ( > http://www.backports.org) > 2. Download lm-sensors source code version 2.10.5 ( > http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Download) > 3. apt-get install libsysfs-dev bison flex > 4. untar lm-sensors tar.bz2 > 5. make user && make user_install > 6. I did not apt-get remove lm-sensors, i installed over it. You > choose. > 7. sensors-detect > 8. modprobe those ones > 9. run sensors > > Hope i could help somebody! > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 10:59 PM, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:00:24 -0500 > > "Patrick Zaloum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Actually that's precicely what I just did, i'm running 2.6.22-3 from > > > backports now, but so far i'm not any better for trying. Now when i > > run > > > sensors i get the following error: > > > > > > > > > w83627dhg-i2c-9191-290 > > > ERROR: Can't get adapter or algorithm?!? > > > > > > > > > So new question: What do i do now? :/ > > > > > > > > > > I guess you could try a newer kernel. Check the changesets between > > kernel versions and you will see more details on what has changed in that > > specific driver. Could be that you need a newer driver. > > > > Good luck, > > Amit > > > >
