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From: Riemer Palstra <riemer@palstra.com>
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On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 08:44:51AM -0400, Grant Peel wrote:
> Can anyone take my blinders off and show me what I am missing?
> 
> excelsior# ipmitool sensor
> Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0:
> No such file or directory

Is the ipmi module loaded or compiled into the kernel?

Usually a 'kldload ipmi' should be enough.

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