Re: uhoh, evil mojo ...

> Big uhoh.  No idea what did this.  But Jean, perhaps you have an idea?
> 
> The ONLY thing I've changed/done to my configuration is related to
> lm_sensors and i2c -- adding those modules/etc.
> 
> For some reason, it appears (I'll test it by disabling the init.d
> script and anything else you recommend?)  that something has managed
> to disable my batteries.  Or better said, disabled the BIOS's ability
> to automatically switch me from AC to battery power.

I just don't have any idea. LM Sensors was known to possibly break IBM
Thinkpads, but nothing is known so far with Vaios. I can't reproduce
what you described on mine. What's more, many people on this list and on
another one have helped me with my eeprom research, and none ever
reported anything similar. I wouldn't ask people to install lm_sensors
on their laptops if it was known to have any dangerous side effect.

BTW, spontaneous power-off is what the thread started from. This seems
to be something you already experienced with this particular laptop.
Don't you think it could be related? Maybe something lm_sensors does
generates the event that cause your laptop to power-off, and that has
been happening seemingly randomly so far. Well, it's a bit different I
guess, since the lm_sensors thing only disables the battery while the
previous facts were referring to AC, if I understand it right. Still it
could be related.

One thing I'd like you to do is try and see which element of lm_sensors
is responsible for your problem. Could be any of the modules (i2c-core,
i2c-proc, i2c-i801, eeprom, i2c-dev (unlikely)), sensors-detect or
sensors (with or without -s). Would be really interesting to know which
element from this list is the guilty one.

-- 
Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/