[ltp] LM_Sensors

[Eben King]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Pax wrote:

> 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?

If by "that" you mean an easy install, I think so.  Basically, what I mean 
is that having the computer choose packages for you may result in some 
unwanted (or downright dangerous) packages being installed.

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