On 28 December 2017 at 13:55, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 01:11:56PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@bong:/boot# sudo modprobe coretemp > > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'coretemp': No such device > > > > > > This is odd because coretemp is set as a module option in the config > file: > > > > CONFIG_SENSORS_CORETEMP=m > > > > Comments appreciared > > Well, it *should* work with a standard Debian kernel and applicable > hardware. > Perhaps you could suggest some other module names I could try to turn on using the modprobe command that I do not have turned on at present based on the lsmod output. Maybe one or to might work. Cheers MF > > wooledg:~$ /sbin/modinfo coretemp > filename: /lib/modules/4.9.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/hwmon/coretemp. > ko > license: GPL > description: Intel Core temperature monitor > author: Rudolf Marek <r.ma...@assembler.cz> > alias: cpu:type:x86,ven0000fam*mod*:feature:*01C0* > depends: > intree: Y > vermagic: 4.9.0-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions > parm: tjmax:TjMax value in degrees Celsius (int) > > Your "No such device" error sounds like it probed for hardware and didn't > find any. If the module itself were missing from the file system, then > I would have expected "FATAL: Module coretemp not found in directory ...". > > It says "Intel" in the description. Are you using an Intel CPU? >
