Philip Edelbrock wrote: > > I'd like to see: > > ls -dl /proc > ls -dl /proc/sys > ls -dl /proc/sys/dev > ls -dl /proc/sys/dev/sensors localhost dolney # ls -dl /proc dr-xr-xr-x 96 root root 0 Mar 24 01:00 /proc localhost dolney # ls -dl /proc/sys dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 0 Mar 24 20:47 /proc/sys localhost dolney # ls -dl /proc/sys/dev dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Mar 24 20:47 /proc/sys/dev localhost dolney # ls -dl /proc/sys/dev/sensors dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Mar 24 20:47 /proc/sys/dev/sensors > > > Also, try setting some limits the old fashion way (as root): > > cd /proc/sys/dev/sensors/it87-isa-0290 > echo "0.5 1.0" > in1 This seems to work: localhost dolney # cd /proc/sys/dev/sensors/it87-isa-0290/ localhost it87-isa-0290 # ls alarms fan2 fan_div in1 in3 in5 in7 temp1 temp3 fan1 fan3 in0 in2 in4 in6 in8 temp2 vid localhost it87-isa-0290 # cat in1 2.25 2.75 2.48 localhost it87-isa-0290 # echo "0.5 1.0" > in1 localhost it87-isa-0290 # cat in1 0.49 1.00 2.48 localhost it87-isa-0290 # > > > Anything special logged in syslog/messages? Nothing. And nothing after "sensors -s". > > > Lastly, double check (I know you looked once) that you only have a > single libsensors installed: > > ldconfig -v | grep libsensors ldconfig: libsensors.so.1 -> libsensors.so.1.3.0 I just built a kernel that is identical except that I did not apply the ptrace fix. The problem persists! > > > Phil > > > Derek Dolney wrote: > >> Jean Delvare wrote: >> >>> (please reply to the list, not to me only) >>> >>> >>> >>>> I run sensors -s (as root!) and get this message: >>>> >>>> ----------------------snip------------------------- >>>> it87-isa-0290: Can't access /proc file for writing; >>>> Run as root? >>>> ----------------------snip------------------------- >>>> >>>> The i2c-proc IS inserted. >>>> >>>> I am using lm_sensors-2.7.0. I am using a 2.4.20 kernel patched >>>> with i2c-2.7.0 support. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Could you make sure you have only *one* libsensors on your system and >>> that it matches the version of sensors you are using? >>> >>> >> There is only one libsensors, the one that came with >> lm_sensors-2.7.0. It is libsensors.so.1.3.0. >> >>> >>> >>>> But I seem to be limited not being able to do sensors -s. >>>> >>>> What should I do? Please help! >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> If the above doesn't work, please send the output of the following >>> command: >>> >>> ls -lR /proc/sys/dev/sensors/ >>> >>> >>> >> Here is that output: >> >> localhost lib # ls -lR /proc/sys/dev/sensors/ >> /proc/sys/dev/sensors/: >> total 0 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 chips >> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 it87-isa-0290 >> >> /proc/sys/dev/sensors/it87-isa-0290: >> total 0 >> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 alarms >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 fan1 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 fan2 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 fan3 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 fan_div >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in0 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in1 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in2 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in3 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in4 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in5 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in6 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in7 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 in8 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 temp1 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 temp2 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 temp3 >> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 11:53 vid >> >>> Just another question: Do you have any other patch added to your >>> kernel, >>> such as the ptrace bugfix? >> >> >> >> I am running gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r2, which is a heavily patched >> kernel based on one of the -ac kernels. Yes, it contains the ptrace >> patch. >> -- ----------------------------------- Derek M. Dolney Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Pennsylvania dolney at astro.physics.upenn.edu -----------------------------------
