[ltp] Installing linux, fear of lm_sensors

[James Mckenzie]

Andrey:

The problem with lm sensors is that it attempts to read the BIOS EPROM
and messes it up.  The best thing to do is the following:

rpm --erase lm_sensors

This disables the lm sensors functionality which you should never use
with any of the present Thinkpads.

James Mckenzie


On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 21:23, Andrey Yurovsky wrote:
> I did a regular install oh RedHat 8.0 on my 600E and I did not have
> problems.  However now I'm curious about this lm_sensors thing, can
> someone explain the problem and 'what not to do'?
> 
> 	-Andrey
> 
> On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 15:44, tom.moser@sun.com wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Can I tell RH 8.0 (or some other easy-to-install distro) not to load the
> > lm_sensors module during installation?  Is this necessary?  Or, how can I
> > make sure lm_sensors is not run during install?  Is this something the
> > average newby can accomplish.
> > 
> > 
> > I recently bought a used IBM Thinkpad 600 and I would like to load some
> > flavor of linux on it.  But I guess I am somewhat intimidated by the
> > warnings about killing the machine by running lm_sensors on it.  How can I
> > be certain that lm_sensors does not have its' way with my machine?  I am not
> > wedded to RH linux but it is the distribution I am most familiar with.
> > 
> > The archives seem somewhat ambiguous about precautions during instalation.
> > Clearly people install linux on thinkpads routinely but I wonder if they
> > take special precautions.
> > 
> > Any guidence appreciated,
> > 
> >  thanks,
> >  -t.moser
> > 
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