Topic: Kernel Symbol conflict when installing RH7.2 rpm

[David Perkins]

Hello

I've acquired a second hand Compaq Proliant PIII to run SME 5.5, but the system fan is incredibly noisy.  Compaq do a driver for Redhat 7.2 (kernel version 2.4.7-10)to control the speed of the fan.

I downloaded this:

  http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/13071.html

and tried to install it on my SME, but it came up with:

   'Linux kernel symbol conflict, attempting rebuild to resolve'  

it failed due to missing source code.  Any ideas what could be causing this, and how could I get it running on SME 5.5?  If this fails I've have to dump the PC - it's too loud.

TIA

David

[brian Moore]

Greetings.  think this won't work.  I am running a compaq proliant 3000 with 2x pii 450 and 640 mb ram.  wanted to accomplish the same thing since the five fans in this box generate a lot of noise.  the health driver is kernel dependant and it is compiled for the standard kernels on compaq supported operating systems.  i.e redhat advanced server 2.0 or 2.1  since sme version 5.5 or 5.6 don't use the same kernel versions, it would require compiling the madriver from source so that the modules will match the kernel version.  guess it could be done but I don't have a test box to play with and don't want to break the kernel on my production box.  anyone else compiled any versiion of the compaq health driver for monitoring temp, regulating fan speed, etc?  maybe I will see if I can attempt this on another box and insert it on the compaq machine and see if it works.
brian.