You needn't be concerned with using the sources from kanotix. You can get the sources from debian. Also, you may want to apt-get install kernel-patch-2.4-lmsensors and patch your kernel-source using that and then compile lm-sensors into the kernel instead of as a module. Either way, it's part of the kernel once patched into the kernel source and should give you far less problems. FYI, Klaus uses the kernel source from www.kernel.org and patches it with the xfs patch (also can apt-get from debian) and his personal patch which is in /usr/src. That will give you the exact kernel source that was compiled by Klaus. Just add the lm-sensors patch and you'll enjoy knoppix a lot more. Btw, I'm also compiling new kernels myself, (adding cpufreq, thinkpad, supermount and various performance patches), but the first three patches are what I really want/need/am using for my laptop.