From 1c4c4bd010222e84a822284aff5d1420c2bc6f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flora Aubry Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 08:42:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added more informations about i2c --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e7653f4a..b6fb9abc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ There have been two instances of hardware damage in OpenRGB's development and we * If you are not trying to use OpenRGB to control RGB RAM or motherboard LEDs, you may skip this section. * ASUS and ASRock motherboards have their RGB controller on a secondary SMBus interface and requires a Linux kernel > 5.7 [commit](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f27237c174fd9653033330e4e532cd9d153ce824) * Allowing access to SMBus: - 1. Load the i2c-dev module: `sudo modprobe i2c-dev` - 2. Load the i2c driver for your chipset: + 1. Install the `i2c-tools` package. + 2. Load the i2c-dev module: `sudo modprobe i2c-dev` + 3. Create the i2c group if it does not already exist: `sudo groupadd --system i2c` + 4. Add yourself to the i2c group: `sudo usermod $USER -aG i2c` + 5. If you want you can load the i2c-dev module at boot: `sudo touch /etc/modules-load.d/i2c.conf && sudo sh -c 'echo "i2c-dev" >> /etc/modules-load.d/i2c.conf'` + 6. Load the i2c driver for your chipset:
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