to be more specific on the problem, it happened constantly under ubuntu 8.10, i switched to arch and the problem only happened once. the sensor applet doesnt disappears, it just doesnt show text, if you set it to icon+value, you will see the icon gauge at minimum and no temperature text. this is due to not finding the ACPI sensor in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone.
to be more specific on the problem, it happened constantly under ubuntu 8.10, i switched to arch and the problem only happened once. the sensor applet doesnt disappears, it just doesnt show text, if you set it to icon+value, you will see the icon gauge at minimum and no temperature text. this is due to not finding the ACPI sensor in /proc/acpi/ thermal_ zone.
im subscribed here, but i dont know if its the right bug: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ linux/+ bug/226397