On 03/07/07, Per-Olov Sjvholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Misc
I am probably missing something, but what..
sensorsd says in the syslog that the sensor is "within limits" even though
a "sysctl -a|grep sensor" shows that it is not.
Are there any known bugs? I have checked the list and cannot find anything
related to this... I run a Dell PE830 on OpenBSD 4.0 stable (latest update
in
May 25:th). I have these sensors which appears to always show the correct
values running a "sysctl -a|grep sensor".
hw.sensors.0=ipmi0, Temp, 43.00 degC, OK
hw.sensors.1=ipmi0, Planar Temp, 38.00 degC, OK
hw.sensors.2=ipmi0, CMOS Battery, 3.13 V DC, OK
hw.sensors.3=ipmi0, Back Fan, 2204 RPM, OK
hw.sensors.4=ipmi0, Intrusion, Off, OK
hw.sensors.5=ami0, sd0, drive online, OK
From sensords.conf
hw.sensors.0:high=42C:command=/bin/echo "test test"|/usr/bin/mailx -s
"Sensor
warning: CPU temp over %2 bla bla bla" MYEMAIL
hw.sensors.1:high=39C:command=/bin/echo "test test"|/usr/bin/mailx -s
"Sensor
warning: Chassie temp over %2 bla bla bla" MYEMAIL
Starting sensorsd and look at /var/log/daemon
Jul 3 16:12:22 xanadu sensorsd[14634]: hw.sensors.0: within limits, value:
43.00 degC
Jul 3 16:12:22 xanadu sensorsd[14634]: hw.sensors.1: within limits, value:
38.00 degC
I assume I receive no reports as the daemon say the sensor wrongly is
within
the limits....
Please, check the manual page for your system [0], specifically, the
following:
Sensors that provide status (such as from bio(4), esm(4), or ipmi(4)) do
not require boundary values specified (that otherwise will be ignored)
and simply trigger on status transitions.
In other words, for those sensors that provide the status themselves,
the keywords "high" and "low" in sensorsd.conf have no effect. This
limitation was removed at c2k7 [1], and the newest sensorsd in OpenBSD
4.1-current allows you to set your own limits for any sensor, and
ignore the status that the sensor device itself provides.
So if you need this functionality, you may wish to upgrade to OpenBSD
4.1-current.
Alternatively, you may upgrade to OpenBSD 4.1-stable that has the new
two-level sensor framework, and then manually update sensorsd to
4.1-current (files /usr/src/{etc/sensorsd.conf,usr.sbin/sensorsd/*}),
compiling and installing it afterwards -- sensorsd in 4.1-current as
of today is source-code-compatible with 4.1-stable (note that it is
not binary compatible). However, please be warned that mixing
4.1-stable and 4.1-current is not officially supported, so use it at
your own risk! (Even though it works for me in this specific case with
sensorsd.)
Cheers,
Constantine. :)
[0]
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd.conf&sektion=5&manpath=
OpenBSD+4.0
[1]
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.c#rev1.3
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