toptools for Linux

[Markus Mattes]

Hi,

I wanted to install the HP Toptools to monitor my system.
HP NetServer Lr, Intel, HDD HP 18 GB, 576M RAM, SuSe Linux 7.1, Kernel 2.4.0.8

Problem: HP toptools should run on a kernel >= 2.2.16. But it messages that it wouldn't be the proper kernel and that it should be a kernel >=2.2.16. By installation in graphical mode it says there would be no kernel.

The prerequisites tell me that HP toptools is designed for a SuSe Linux v. 7.0.
Is there any chance to use it for kernel 2.4?

Thanks in advance for help

Markus Mattes

[Enno Baars]

Just curious...

What are those "toptools" good for?

Cheers,
Enno.

[Jeffrey S. Sims]

Markus,

What version of TopTools are you installing? I don't use it personally but the only information I could find was for version 5.0 Here is a clip of the installation instructions you can find at:
http://hp-linux.org/toptools/hp-toptools-agent-install-howto.html

2.1. Hardware Requirements

This version of the TopTools DMI Agent for Linux can be installed only on a specific set of HP computers listed below:
1. Vectra: VLi8, VEi8, VL400 and VL600
2. Kayak: XM600, XU800

Hope this helps (although I doubt it does)

[Markus Mattes]

Hi Enno,
toptools is a HP-software for monitoring your hardware and your system generally.

Hi Jeffrey,
thanks for your help.
We used a "HP NetServer LPr" with toptools 5.0.2.
I thought that we met the given prerequisites which had been downloaded together with the corresponding toptools software. Maybe it's the wrong hardware.