Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RB> Thanks for the info. So is the relation between lm-sensors and RB> lm-sensors-source that the latter provides drivers used by the former RB> (sort of like alsa, where you need to build the driver, but the RB> utilities can be obtained by binary package)?
Correct. lm-sensors includes useful userspace programs to poke at the sensor information too. RB> My current thinking about the proper steps: RB> apt-get remove lm-sensors (Shouldn't be necessary) RB> apt-get install lm-sensors-source i2c-source RB> untar, establish links and environment variables to get those two RB> modules where I actually RB> have my kernel modules The modules *should* show up in the right place when you install the package (under /lib/modules/$(KVERS)). RB> make-kpkg clean RB> disable i2c in kernel configuration RB> make-kpkg --revision=rb.2 build_image #not sure this or next target is right RB> make-kpkg build_modules # I'm not in Debian right now to check RB> # but you get the idea RB> dpkg -i <kernel.deb> RB> dpkg -i <modules.deb> # with appropriate directory renaming since I RB> already built this gen kernel. Yup, that's the right basic idea. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
