This is the Debian packaging of sensord, the sensord logging daemon. The file /etc/default/sensord specifies the configuration parameters used to start the daemon. In particular, the syslog facility is set to `daemon' and not `local4'. You must load the appropriate lm-sensors modules during system boot in order for the daemon to function correctly. The file /etc/modules is a useful place to list these modules; for example, you might list i2c-amd756 (an I2C/SMBUS module) and w83781d (a sensor chip module). The daemon does not setup the sensors limits from /etc/sensors3.conf, this is the job of sensors, when called with -s. Note that 'sensors -s' is called at boot time from /etc/init.d/lm-sensors, so that the sensors limits should be the right ones in normal use. Don't forget to run sensors -s again if you changed the limits in /etc/sensors3.conf. For full documentation on setting up lm-sensors on your system, see /usr/share/doc/lm-sensors. -- David Z. Maze