[ltp] LM_Sensors

[Pax]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:23:05 -0400 (EDT)
Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Pax wrote:
> 
> > I have just purchased an IBM Thinkpad 570e secondhand. I am planning to install Debian but
> > have been reading horror stories vis-a-vis I2C and lm_sensors. This being my first laptop
> > I'm not sure about procedure. Is this something that will install itself and can be run by 
> > accident or does it have to be consciously installed and then run with malice aforethought? 
> > If the former, how do I disable it during install, and if the latter does it appear as I2C 
> > and lm_sensors or can it sneak in under another name? In short, how many chances out of
> > 10 have I got of not trashing my new toy?
> 
> IME, lm_sensors won't run if it detects that it's on a Thinkpad.  I don't 
> know what allowance that makes for "proved safe" machines.  Anyhow, IIRC 
> ACPI does all that lm_sensors does (if that machine does ACPI), so you don't 
> really need it.
> 
> WRT it getting on there unbeknownst to you, never do an "easy install".
> 


OK, many thanks. "Easy install"? I run Debian, is that the one where you don't do
it standing up in a hammock?


Pax