lm_sensors on MSI MegaBook GX600P-208NL

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-24 21:14:37

I'm trying to configure lm_sensors for my MSI MegaBook GX600P-208NL laptop. Below are it's specifications.

MSI Megabook GX600P 208NL Performance Edition - Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1 GHz - 15.4" TFT
General
MPN: GX600P-208NL
Platform Technology: Intel Centrino Duo
System Type: Notebook
Built-in Devices: Stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial, Bluetooth aerial
Width: 35.8 cm
Depth: 25.9 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
Weight: 2.8 kg
Colour: Piano black
Processor
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 / 2.1 GHz
Multi-Core Technology: Dual-Core
64-bit Computing: Yes
Data Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Chipset Type: Mobile Intel PM965 Express
Cache memory
Type: L2 Cache
Installed Size: 3 MB
Ram
Installed Size: 3 GB / 4 GB (max)
Technology: DDR2 SDRAM - 667 MHz
Storage controller
Type: Serial ATA
Serial ATA Interface: Serial ATA-150
Storage
Hard Drive: 250 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Optical storage
Type: DVD±RW / DVD-RAM
Card reader
Type: 4 in 1 card reader
Supported Flash Memory Cards: SD Memory Card, Memory Stick, MultiMediaCard
Display
Display Type: 15.4" TFT
Max Resolution: 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )
Widescreen Display: Yes
Features: Glare, Amazing Crystal Vision (ACV)
Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Video Memory: 512 MB
Audio
Audio Output: Sound card
Compliant Standards: Sound Blaster
Notebook camera
Camera Type: Integrated
Sensor Resolution: 1.3 Megapixel
Input device(s)
Type: Mouse, keyboard, touchpad

So far I was able to go to the point, where I can view the temperatures of both processor cores and (probably) general temperature of the whole processor. I've followed the appropriate wiki entry for lm_sensors. Unfortunately I'm still not getting readings from my graphics card and motherboard. I would appreciate some advices on this matter

Here are my readings

zbyszek ~ $  sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:       +38.0°C  (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:      +29.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1:      +26.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

And more - the configuration process using sensors-detect

bash-3.2# sensors-detect
# sensors-detect revision 5337 (2008-09-19 17:05:28 +0200)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. 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.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): yes
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801H ICH8

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-i801' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported I2C/SMBus 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.
Do you want to load `i2c-dev' now? (YES/no): yes
Module loaded successfully.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
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.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 6000 (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): yes
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'...                     No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'...                     No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'...                                 Yes
    (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'...                                No
Client found at address 0x52
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'...                     No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'...                     No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'...                                 Yes
    (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'...                                No

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter  (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): yes

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter  (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): yes

Next adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter  (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): yes
Client found at address 0x4f
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM75'...                No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS75'...                  No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1621/DS1631'...         No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'...              No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'...                     No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'...                     No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'...                                 No
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'...                                Yes
    (confidence 8, not a hardware monitoring chip)

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290...       No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290...     No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290...       No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290...                   No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290...                   No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0...                      No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8...                     No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'...                   No
Trying family `SMSC'...                                     No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'...                       No
Trying family `ITE'...                                      No
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor'...                   No
Trying family `SMSC'...                                     No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'...                       No
Trying family `ITE'...                                      No

Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers may also contain
embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? (YES/no): yes
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595...                       No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors...                          No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors...                            No
AMD K8 thermal sensors...                                   No
AMD K10 thermal sensors...                                  No
Intel Core family thermal sensor...                         Success!
    (driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor...                         No
VIA C7 thermal and voltage sensors...                       No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `coretemp' (should be inserted):
  Detects correctly:
  * Chip `Intel Core family thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)

Do you want to generate /etc/conf.d/lm_sensors? (YES/no): yes
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/rc.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required
kernel modules.

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2008-11-24 21:16:46)

kaola_linux · 2008-11-25 13:06:28

Could you try it setting it up on root instead?
Also try reinstalling it...We'll just wait for a moderator to see this if the problem persists..

Last edited by kaola_linux (2008-11-25 13:09:05)

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-25 22:57:10

What do you mean by setting it up on root? I did configure lm_sensors running sensors-detect script as root. You can see for yourself in my first post.

kaola_linux · 2008-11-26 03:32:46

Sorry I didn't see it...

kaola_linux · 2008-11-26 03:35:24

Sorry didn't see it...

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-26 19:53:28

I'm able to read my graphic card's temperature after installing nvclock package with

zbyszek ~ $  nvclock -T
nVidia Geforce 8600M GT
=> GPU temperature: 35C

But what about lm_sensors?

kaola_linux · 2008-11-27 00:17:10

Here's what I have on my lm-sensors

[kaola@localhost ~]$ sudo sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:       +40.0°C  (crit = +75.0°C)

it8712-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore 1:     +1.30 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)   ALARM
VCore 2:     +3.20 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)   ALARM
+3.3V:       +0.00 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)   ALARM
+5V:         +4.97 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)   ALARM
+12V:       +12.16 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max = +16.32 V)   ALARM
-12V:       -27.36 V  (min = -27.36 V, max =  +3.93 V)   ALARM
-5V:        -13.64 V  (min = -13.64 V, max =  +4.03 V)   ALARM
Stdby:       +5.16 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.85 V)   ALARM
VBat:        +2.99 V
fan1:       1670 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
fan2:          0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
fan3:          0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, div = 8)
M/B Temp:    +44.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  ALARM  sensor = thermal diode
CPU Temp:    +35.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  ALARM  sensor = transistor
Temp3:      +127.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  ALARM  sensor = transistor
cpu0_vid:   +1.388 V

There's no temperature of my Video Card but Motherboard is present..
I'm not sure of your prob, maybe its an ACPI thing...:)
The temperature can be found on the NVIDIA X Server Settings - Thermal Monitor

Gudluck to your prob

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-27 19:57:07

That's really nice, but on my laptop I don't have so many readings, and I don't know which driver to use to get them. Any ideas?

quetzyg · 2008-11-27 21:22:45

I've got a MSI MegaBook GX620.
Using the sensors applet for GNOME, I can get the following readings:
- CPU (using lmsensors);
- GPU (using NVidia libNVCtrl)
- HDD (using hddtemp daemon)

kaola_linux · 2008-11-28 02:48:18

You could post your prob on an MSI forum...try the one's used by quetzyg...;)

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-28 18:23:15

I believe people there won't be very helpful with this matter...

quetzyg · 2008-11-28 18:32:32

You can already read 3 sensors with lm_sensors. Since your graphics adapter is from NVidia, you can also read the GPU temp, and with hddtemp you can also read your hard drive temperature. So, what seems to be the problem?

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-28 18:56:34

The problem is that lm_sensors not only cannot read those temperatures, which are accessible from hdparm and nvclock, but also I don't know how to access info concerning voltages, fan speed and more.

quetzyg · 2008-11-28 19:16:05

Zibi1981 wrote:

The problem is that lm_sensors not only cannot read those temperatures, which are accessible from hdparm and nvclock, but also I don't know how to access info concerning voltages, fan speed and more.

And, why would lm_sensors have to read everything with a sensor attached to it?
I already told you about the sensors applet, where you can have all the readings in one place. From your last post, I assume that your problem is checking sensor readings in more than one place.

And, how do you know that your laptop has more sensors than those detected by the sensors-detect script? Usualy, laptops don't have that many sensors, like a standard desktop motherboard.

Anyway, here is the list of supported sensors. Good luck.

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-28 20:31:05

quetzyg wrote:

And, how do you know that your laptop has more sensors than those detected by the sensors-detect script? Usualy, laptops don't have that many sensors, like a standard desktop motherboard.

Maybe because Everest shows much more readings while using it on the same machine under Vista... So where would it take them from?

Zibi1981 · 2008-11-30 17:10:26

No one knows how to get at least CPU voltage readings?

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