On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:38:30 +0000, Ar wrote:

> In the file /var/log/messages there are a lot of alarm messages
> generated by the sensors on the system. I don't know if it's because
> it's just not setup to read those sensors, or those sensors don't
> actually exist but are being treated as if they are.
>
> In any case, the file has huge chunks of entries like:
>
>
> sensord: Sensor alarm: Chip it8716-isa-0290: +3.3V: +0.00 V (min = +0.00
> V, max = +4.08 V) [ALARM]
> sensord: Sensor alarm: Chip it8716-isa-0290: in5: +0.00 V (min = +0.00
> V, max = +4.08 V) [ALARM]
> sensord: Sensor alarm: Chip it8716-isa-0290: in6: +0.00 V (min = +0.00
> V, max = +4.08 V) [ALARM]
>
>
> Any suggestions how to solve this? Other sensors like hard drive temps,
> processor, fans etc all seem to be running fine / logged where
> necessary.
>
> Thanks

Turn off sensord. Add senors-s to startup. Edit IT87 section of /etc/
sensors.conf to your liking.


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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:38:30 -0500, Ar wrote:

> In the file /var/log/messages there are a lot of alarm messages generated
> by the sensors on the system. I don't know if it's because it's just not
> setup to read those sensors, or those sensors don't actually exist but
> are being treated as if they are.

I had the same problem with an it87 sensor. To stop the alerts, I added
ignore in4
ignore in5
ignore in6
to the section of /etc/sensors.conf, for that sensor. From your article,
it looks like you would need to add
ignore in2
ignore in5
ignore in6
in the section for chip "it8716-*"

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:25:47 +0000, Wes Newell wrote:

> Turn off sensord. Add senors-s to startup. Edit IT87 section of /etc/
> sensors.conf to your liking.

Thank you for your suggestions, they helped stop the un-needed sensors
from being logged.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:07:44 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> I had the same problem with an it87 sensor. To stop the alerts, I added
> ignore in4
> ignore in5
> ignore in6
> to the section of /etc/sensors.conf, for that sensor. From your
> article, it looks like you would need to add
> ignore in2
> ignore in5
> ignore in6
> in the section for chip "it8716-*"

Thanks David, as it happens, it was in2, in5, in6 that I told to ignore.
All seems normal now. Hopefully will get radically smaller log files, and
easier to read now :-).