Bug 40604 – temp , fan sensors freeze in Gkrellm 2.1.24. fails after running for a while with kernel 2.6.1-rc1.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description Dale 2004-02-06 07:21:01 UTC]

I am a bit new to Linux, more so to Gentoo so bear with me, also first bug report.  I have Gkrellm 2.1.24 installed and recently upgraded to 2.6.1-rc1 kernel and noticed something about Gkrellm.  After the system is running for a few hours, the temp and fan sensors stop updating.  They seem to freeze at a reasonable level, not at extremes.  The rest is working fine, drives, CPU and memory.  I did some poking around and noticed that the values in the /sys files are not changing. That is the way it seems anyway.

I tried to re-emerge the program to see if that would help, no change.  /sys is mounted at boot as normal and no other error that I see.  I have also tried to restart X by logging out, clicking menu and selecting restart X.  No change.  I can reboot and it will work again for a while then stop again.

I sort of think this is a kernel issue.  I changed back to my old kernel, 2.6.0-test11, and it works fine.  I have ran for a good while now with no problems.  I did not even have to re-emerge Gkrellm, it just worked.

If you need more info, let me know.  I may have to reboot with the newer kernel and wait till it stops, which takes a few hours.  

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot kernel 2.6.1-rc1
2.start Gkrellm
3.wait a few hours
Actual Results:  
The sensors freeze with normal values.

Expected Results:  
update the info I guess.

Just let me know if I can provide any additional info.  Here goes my uptime.  :-(

Thread in Gentoo forum.  http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=132399&  If it
is one of you guys, let me know.  We can "chat" there too. Oh, I'm "dalek" there.

I hope I entered this right. :?

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2004-02-06 07:26:45 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40595 ***