devfs could be it. no other good ideas at the moment. David wrote: > ls -l /proc/sys/dev/sensors > total 0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:05 chips > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jun 2 09:49 via686a-isa-6000 > > ls -l /proc/sys/dev/sensors/via* > total 0 > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 alarms > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 fan1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 fan2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 fan_div > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 in0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 in1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 in2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 in3 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 in4 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 temp1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 temp2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:06 temp3 > > But even when I change the via686a-isa-6000 folder to have root write > permissions it doesn't work. > > ls -l /proc/sys/dev/sensors > total 0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 10:07 chips > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jun 2 09:49 via686a-isa-6000 > > So still get: > sensors -s > via686a-isa-6000: Can't access /proc file for writing; > Run as root? > > I don't think the permission is staying either. Would devfs have something to > do with this? >
