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I wanted to monitor my cpu temperature on my linux box (Redhat 9) and installed lm_sensors tool package (secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/). I recompiled the kernel (2.4.21) and added the latest i2c (i2c-2.7.0) package. After a couple of re-compilation of lm_sensors package I finally got it working.
I did all this remotely over ssh. When I went back home and tried the sensors command, it didn't work anymore. I re-installed all the modules and so on, but nothing worked. Then I logged in again with ssh and the thing works like charm.
I just don't get it. If I log in at the console, it wont work ("No sensors found"), but if I'm using ssh, it works fine.
Anybody encountered anything like this? I would appreciate any tips you might have.
Distribution: RH 6.2, Gen2, Knoppix,arch, bodhi, studio, suse, mint
Posts: 3,304
Rep:
hey, somebody installed lm_sensors on my machine,
and runs it every once in a while. i thought it was a ghost.
now i know it's you. cut it out. quit logging into my machine
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