thanks for the reply vtel57
I think I have two issues here as you mention.
1.) lm-sensors needs me to hack their config's. ( I never had to from Slackware 10.2 thru 12.1 but do now on this pc.)
2.) gkrellm doesn't allow me to use their adjustment buttons. Again never had to before.
So looks like I have some hacking for this pc to use --current then. But if this is the only breakage I have, well so be it.
Off to hacking, thanks again.