i8k not present in any FC6 kernel

[riccardoventrel]

Hi,
I've just installed a FC6 on my Inspiron 9400 for installing the IBM SDK for Cell development ( first I've tried F7, but there were some problems with my ATI x1400, so I decided to use FC6 which works perfectly without problems on boot ).

As you may know, Dell has well known problems on fans control, so I've decided to install the gkrellm and the i8kutils plugin for controlling them, as I did on my ubuntu.
I've installed the RPMs without problems, but the i8kutils doesn't work 'cause needs the i8k.ko kernel, which seems not present in my default kernel, i.e. 2.18.XXXX ( the one coming with the FC6 i386 DVD ). The modprobe i8k force=1 doesn't work, 'cause it doesn't the module, which should under /lib/modules/mykernel/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko, but there isn't.
I've searched through the net and I've found a problem like mine, in which the suggestion was to upgrade the kernel, 'cause in the newest ones the i8k.ko should be preset.
Happy about this solution, I've just upgraded my kernel yumming yum upgrade kernel. The new kernel 2.6.22.xx was installed and then, after a reboot, it was ready to go.
I've tried the gkrellm but the i8kutils didn't find yet the /proc/i8k and infact this .ko is not present where it should be, and during boot the "Loading i8k module" fails.

May you help me please? Do you know how I could this i8k.ko? I have search through the i8kutils sources and I've seen in the makefile a comment "i8k should be present in the kernel" so it seems to me the rpm install should not put this module in the repository, 'cause it assumes the kernel already has it. But it isn't so.
I've also thought to run make configure of the kernel enabling this driver, should it work?
On ubuntu this was present or at least installed within the i8kutils. Is this a bug of i8kutils under Fedora?

Do you know any kernel on FC6 containing this i8k.ko or how to create it?

Thank you, without it my fans sometimes start slowing down the machine.

Thank you in advance.

Ricky

[stevea]

This module is there:
/lib/modules/2.6.22.9-61.fc6/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko
and it's part of the kernel distro.

Did you "modprobe i8k" of "modprobe i8k force=1" to install the driver ?
If that works then you can put the modprobe command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to have it install at boot.

[riccardoventrel]

Hi,
thank you for you quick answer. Unfortunately now I'm at work and my laptop os at home, so I don't remember exactly the whole kernel name, I remember it belongs to 2.6.22 series, so I don't know if it's the same of the distro you are talking about, but I suppose it isn't. It's the kernel I've upgraded jsut yesterday evening, with yum upgrade kernel.
However in this kernel distro, the i8k.ko IS NOT present at all.
I've tried both modprobe i8k and modprobe i8k force = 1 but both of them tell me the ik8 is nout found where it should be, i.e. it totally absent, so these 2 commands don't work.
I've tried to put it under rc.local but the modprobe doesn't work the same, 'cause the i8k is not in this kernel distro.
This evening i will look if it's the same you talking about.

Thank you.

Ricky

[riccardoventrel]

I've found the kernel I've installed on FC6:

the original one is:

2.6.18-1.2798.fc6

and the i8k.ko was not present in the kernel distro.

The one I've got form the yum upgrade yesterday evening is:

2.6.22.14-72.fc6

and so is newer than the one you told above, i.e. 2.6.22.9-61.fc6
Despite is newer, the i8k.ko is still not present in my kernel distro.
Please, from where did you download you kernel?
Are you sure the module is under: /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-61.fc6/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko?

Thank you. If anyone has faced the same problem and can help me, is welcome.

Ricky

[riccardoventrel]

Finally, in this easter we I've solved the problem. I've downloaded the kernel sources, installed, edited the config in order to activate the Dell support ( it was already active on that kernel ) and installed this new kernel, removing the old one.
Now all it works. Still having some problems on launching the gkrellm at X startup, but this a minor issue for sure. I've tried to append it in the /etc/rc.local but GTK complains with a warning ( cannota start display ) on startup.

However, now I'm happy and fans too :-)

Ricky