On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, paul wrote:

> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 21:31:19 -0800
> From: paul <pkdb1@attbi.com>
> To: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: how to get lm sensor data?
>
> well, adding those bits to my kernel seems to have been a Bad
> Idea. Not only does envstat not work (which is not new) but
> gkrellm now fails to show up: it seems to start but never appears.
> It was working earlier today with this kernel . . . . odd.

Only one program can access /dev/sysmon at any given time.  If you run
gkrellm envstat will hang (and presumably vice versa, although I haven't
tried that).

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project