David C. Rankin wrote: <snip> > Well that worked nicely! Now why wouldn't it accept the set variables from the > sensors3.conf file? Let's try again. A quick vi of sensors3.conf leaving: > > # Set CPU and System temp limits > > set temp1_max_hyst 50 > set temp1_max 55 > # set temp1_crit_hyst 56 > set temp1_crit 60 > set temp2_max_hyst 50 > set temp2_max 55 > # set temp2_crit_hyst 56 > set temp2_crit 60 > > WTF? It worked! Hmm..., something is fishy here. Let's do another test: > Yes, note you've now commented out the set temp#_crit_hyst lines which were trying to set the readonly temp#_crit_hyst, which you did not (comment them out) with your first try, most likely those where causing the errors. > 23:42 sq4~> sudo echo -n 50000 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_max_hyst > -bash: /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_max_hyst: Permission denied > > $%#@%^@$%$ing sudo! I see the problem, but I don't know why. When the error > was generated, I was running sensors -s with sudo "sudo sensors -s" which has > always worked before with all my other boxes. I wonder what the deal is here. > Mystery solved, and another one to track down -- normal... sudo sensors -s will work fine, it will probably work on this system too now that you've fixed sensors.conf, the problem with this line: 23:42 sq4~> sudo echo -n 50000 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_max_hyst Is that the echo runs as root, but the " > " runs as you, so /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_max_hyst gets opened as you. The correct way to do this using sudo is: sudo bash -c "echo -n 50000 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_max_hyst" Regards, Hans
