Hi, Jean, actually there exists # ll /proc/sys/dev/sensors/w83781d-i2c-0-2d/ total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 alarms -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 beep -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 fan1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 fan2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 fan3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 fan_div -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 in0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 in1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 in2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 in3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 in4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 in5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 in6 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 rt1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 rt2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 rt3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 temp1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 temp2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 temp3 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 vid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 17:47 vrm -- and it gets contiunually updated ! A readout of these raw data contents follows: --- snip --- alarms: 3912 beep: 0 0 fans: -1 3013 5000 5578 5273 5192 fan_div: 2 2 2 voltages: 1.84 2.24 2.06 1.84 2.24 2.06 2.82 3.79 3.23 2.66 0.54 3.02 1.17 0.38 3.14 0.51 0.00 3.50 0.03 0.51 3.36 temperatures: -47.0 0.0 28.0 70.0 60.0 30.5 80.0 75.0 28.0 vid: 2.050 vrm: 8.2 --- snip --- And with the provided information from the lm-sensors pages, esp. http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/doc/chips/w83781d, and Winbond homepage, I was able to configure gkrellm2 to display the correct values. But: Without "sensors -s" I can't set the correct limitations for hw-monitoring. So the only question remains: Why the hell can't "sensors -s" access /proc/sys/dev/sensors/w83781d-i2c-0-2d/ for writing? # sensors -s w83781d-i2c-0-2d: Can't access procfs/sysfs file for writing; Run as root? Yes, sure! I do. Could it have to do that lm-sensors-2.8.6 expects procfs/sysfs/dev/sensors/, while kernel 2.4.25-r2 still provides /proc/sys/dev/sensors/ ??? That's what I couldn't figure out yet. Or do I still have a fault in my patching ?? I would be glad for any idea that comes to your mind. Kind regards Manfred -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: signature Url : http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/attachments/20040504/ced2339b/attachment.bin