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1LM_SENSORS QUICK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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4NOTE: PLEASE SKIM THE INSTALL DOCUMENT, OR BETTER YET READ IT CAREFULLY!
5The instructions in this document will generally work if you have a standard
6system, but not always!!
7
8Quickstart for i2c option 1 (modules) and lm_sensors option 1 (modules).
9This is by far the EASIEST METHOD.
10Other methods are described in INSTALL.
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13  * Verify you are running a 2.4 kernel, 2.4.10 or later.
14    If you are running a 2.5/2.6 kernel, the ONLY thing you need to
15    do is 'make user' and 'make user_install'. Do NOT follow the rest
16    of these instructions.
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18  * Make sure you have the kernel tree corresponding to your current
19    kernel in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build.
20    Even if the source is there, it may not correspond to your running
21    kernel. If so, you will have to recompile your kernel.
22
23  * Verify that your i2c support in the kernel is configured as
24    modules or is disabled. If it is compiled-in, you obviously
25    cannot replace it with modules in the next step.
26
27  * Do `lsmod'. If there are any old i2c or sensors modules loaded,
28    you MUST remove them (as root) with `rmmod'.
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30  * Download, build, and install the latest i2c package,
31    (i2c-2.9.0 or later). The i2c subsystem found in the Linux 2.4
32    kernel trees, even the latest ones, is outdated and won't work.
33    Quickstart for i2c: make; (as root) make install
34
35  * Go back to the lm_sensors directory. Do `make'.
36    The warnings about .d files at the start are harmless.
37
38  * Do (as root) `make install'.
39
40  * Verify that /usr/local/lib is listed in /etc/ld.so.conf;
41    if it isn't, add it, then run (as root) `ldconfig'.
42
43  * Run (as root) `prog/mkdev/mkdev.sh' to create the device files,
44    unless you already have them or are running devfs or udev.
45
46  * Run (as root) `prog/detect/sensors-detect' to detect your hardware,
47    put the lines it suggests into /etc/modules.conf, and run all
48    the commands it suggests (`modprobe X', `sensors -s').
49
50  * Run `sensors' to see your output.
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52  * That's it! If you have problems, read our excellent FAQ
53    (doc/FAQ or doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html).
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