Ticket #1963 solution + further info

[Barton Bosch]

Thanks for the tip re: resetting the smbus after a hang, it did the 
trick.

In the time after I posted ticket #1963 I continued working on 
installing and configuring lm_sensors for 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 & matrox 
g450 dual head.  As it turns out the big prob is that while 
sensors-detect does find the sensors chips, it's way off on its 
config suggestions.

The script wants these modules loaded:

MODULE_0=i2c-matroxfb
MODULE_1=i2c-isa
MODULE_2=ddcmon
MODULE_3=w83627hf


i2c-matroxfb is uneeded and creates the problem with the smbus and 
blanked screens, and the ddcmon module which is non-existent.

The correct configuration for lm_sensors with matrox/2.6.10/FC2 is 
to modprobe the i2c-isa (which autoloads i2c-sensor and i2c-core) 
and w83627hf and then running sensors -s;  all of this can be placed 
in /etc/rc.local, and that's it.

Now figuring out how to get sensors-detect to correctly report that 
is another matter altogether but that's not my place, <g>.


HTH,

Barton
-- 
Food brings benefit for some hours, clothes for some months but 
wisdom lasts as long as the mind itself.  It is the foundation of a 
better society.       -- Anonymous Tibetan source