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lm-sensors-3 package

/usr/sbin/fancontrol: line 492: [: too many arguments

Bug #1405784 reported by Mac_Weber
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This bug affects 2 people
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lm-sensors-3 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Package: fancontrol
Version: 1:3.3.5-2

Package: lm-sensors
Version: 1:3.3.5-2

fancontrol floods syslog with error messages. Related bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=727731

grep fancontrol /var/log/syslog | tail
Oct 25 16:21:48 alice fancontrol[2057]: /usr/sbin/fancontrol: line 492: [: too many arguments

How to fix:
Change line 492 to:

if [ "${pwmpval} -eq 0 -o ${min_fanval} -eq 0" ]

Tags: patch
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in lm-sensors-3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Boris Gjenero (boris-gjenero) wrote :

This also affects me in vivid. The problem is that min_fanval wasn't set. Up above it is set inside an
"if [[ -n ${fan} ]]" block, so it's not set if you're not using fan RPM sensors. This was fixed in r6255: http://lm-sensors.org/changeset/6255

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