tpctl binary install

[J.d.thomas Hood]

>I downloaded the binary rpm and tried to install it on my Redhat 6.0
>system with 2.2.9 kernel. I ran rpm -U, and the last line said something
>like
>
>Unresolved symbols in thinkpad.o (/lib/modules/thinkpad/)

This could be because you compiled your kernel without CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
defined.  Not sure.

>and then it stopped. I can't remember the exact wording. It successfully
>modified /etc/ld.so.conf and /etc/conf.modules. If I run rpm --erase, it
>says the package is not installed. If I run rpm -U, it says the package
>is already installed. Hmm. I'm about to try with the source tarball (no
>more rpm for me) to see if building a new one works OK.
>
>Is there anything I did wrong with the binary rpm?

I usually install with "rpm -i tpctl-0.5.3-2.i386.rpm"

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Thomas Hood                                                thood@jhu.edu