2008/2/21, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>:

About lm_sensors not being installed by default, thats because for the average
users lm_sensors is not usable as it requires manual configuration.

About telling the user that he should run sensors-detect after installing
lm_sensors, when and how do you envision this being told to the user?

On my Opteron box, you actually do get some very useful information out of lm_sensors without even touching /etc/sensors3.conf, namely the CPU core temperature:

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +34.0°C