FC3: kernel-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 and lm_sensors

[Ian Pilcher]

Matej Badalič wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> After updating the kernel in FC3 from 2.6.9-x to 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 the 
> lm_sensors stop working. With all the 2.6.9-x kernel worked fine.
> 
> I have run the sensors-detect several times and it always find the same 
> modules to insert into rc* files (and /etc/modules.conf which in my FC3 does 
> not exsist).
> In /etc/rc.d/rc.local I have the following lines inserted:
> modprobe via686a
> modprobe i2c-isa
> 

I have the same problem on my Abit VP6.  I don't know what the root
cause is, but I have discovered that the problem is triggered by the
fact that the i2c_core and i2c_viapro modules are already loaded when
the lm_sensors (or rc.local in your case) script is called.  (Try
removing the modprobe entries from rc.local and rebooting.  I believe
you'll find that something else is loading i2c_core and i2c_viapro.)

Manually rmmod'ing i2c_viapro and i2c_core before modprobe'ing i2c_isa
and via686a makes things work on my system; try adding that to your
script.

BTW, there is a bugzilla entry for this problem:

     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145269

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Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher at comcast.net
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