[mythtv-users] Problems with installing APT using Jarod's guide for building a MytTV Box

Jarod C. Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Wed Nov 19 11:08:00 EST 2003


On Nov 19, 2003, at 06:38, Aleaxander wrote:

> Chaloupka, Karel wrote:
>
>> I installed and update apt using the apt-get update && 
>> apt-get-dis-upgrade as specified in Jarod's guide. It took a long 
>> time as mentioned. I believe over 150 modules were downloaded. The 
>> problem that I'm having is that when it updated the LM_SENSORS module 
>> something got screwed up. When I reboot I get a couple of tasks 
>> FAILURES. Here they are:
>> Starting lm_sensors: Starting up sensors: Can't access /proc file 
>> /proc/sys/dev/sensors/chips or /proc/bas/i2c unreadable;
>> Make sure you have done `modprobe i2c-proc1` !
>> How can I fix this? I repeated this twice from scratch and get the 
>> same problem each time. When you do the apt-get-dis-upgrade you can't 
>> tell it not to install lm_sensors. Any suggestions? I believe this 
>> problem is causing my lirc task not to work.
>> Thanks
>
> From Jarod's guide:
>
> "Also, while there is no harm in simply leaving it be, you might want 
> to do something with lm_sensors, to eliminate "Failed!" warnings at 
> startup. The lm_sensors init script was enabled at some point during 
> all the updates, but isn't necessary for a functional MythTV box. 
> There are two routes to take here. First, you can go and actually 
> configure lm_sensors for your motherboard and sensor chipset, 
> providing you with some monitoring of your system's temperatures, fan 
> speeds, voltages, etc. Second, you can simply issue the command (as 
> root) "/sbin/chkconfig lm_sensors off"."
>
> So the easiest fix is just run:
>
> # /sbin/chkconfig lm_sensors off

What he said I said. :)

But that isn't the cause of your lirc not working. The two both do some 
i2c stuff, but they don't affect one another at all.

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