diff --git a/plugins/sensors/freeipmi_ b/plugins/sensors/freeipmi_ index ab6860f8..101fea4f 100755 --- a/plugins/sensors/freeipmi_ +++ b/plugins/sensors/freeipmi_ @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #!/usr/bin/python # -# Copyright (C) 2011 Andreas Thienemann +# Copyright (C) 2011,2012 Andreas Thienemann # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ likely no bmc to query. In certain cases however bmc-info will just seem to hang for quite some time. In this case, autodetection does not work because the smbios table has -incorrect information. One system know to experience this problem is the +incorrect information. One system known to experience this problem is the HP Proliant Microserver. Adding env.freeipmi_args "--no-probing --driver-type=KCS --driver-address=0xca2 --register-spacing=1" -to the munin plugin configuration will make the plugin work. +to the munin plugin configuration will make the plugin work. This is the +specific line for the HP Proliant Microserver mentioned above. Your mileage +may vary. Basic configuration for every system is that the plugin needs to be called as root.