Re: hw.sensors question

["Sam Chill" <samchill_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com>]

On 5/14/06, Tor Houghton <torh_(_at_)_bogus_(_dot_)_net> wrote:
> List,
>
> This may sound daft, but the man pages don't appear to mention it. I have a
> box that sometime gives me a warning about fan RPM failure (or rather, the
> RPM is low, so sensorsd logs that it is outside the limits).
>
> Thing is, sysctl doesn't show me a readout. E.g.
>
> bash-3.00# sysctl hw.sensors.13
> bash-3.00#
As it currently stands FAN sensors disappear when the fan fails or is
spinning very very slowly. Sensorsd understands this and reports the
failure.