8.30.3 Driver installation fails

[Robse]

I am having the same issues as described in this bug:
http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499 (Fan card @ full speed without any 3d application)
with my Connect3D X1800XT and SuSE 10.2
(
although "aticonfig --lsp" said this:

core/mem [flags]
-----------------
* 1: 594/693 MHz [overdrive, default state]
)

As suggested in the bugzilla I tried to downgrade to v.8.30.3.
But installation gave me the following error:

rm: cannot remove `Modules.symvers': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `*.o': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `*.ko': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `*.mod.*': No such file or directory
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.1-obj/i386/default'
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.1-obj/i386/default'

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Build of kernel module failed!
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I understand this is an error related to Make.
However I'm really a linux noob and have no idea what to do now!

[Michael]

I don't think 8.30 will work with OpenSuSE 10.2... OpenSuSE 10.2 uses X11R72, which wasn't supported in 8.30, not to mention 10.2 also uses a newer kernel, etc...

You may want to try 8.35 once it's released this month.

[Robse]

Thanks Michael I'll try again with the new drivers, hopefully
it works then. But just theoretically, do you think I could
use SuSE 10.1 or 10.0 ?

[Michael]

SuSE 10.0 or 10.1 should work out. But downgrading a distribution all because of the GPU's fanspeed?

[Robse]

But downgrading a distribution all because of the GPU's fanspeed?

Yeah maybe to see if it works. I have dual boot so that's not a problem
really.
Anyway I'm not going to use it if my card is revving at 80% all the time. It's just too much of a waste, plus very annoying and noisy.
Also the way I see it there's no guarantee that this will work with the new driver(s) - though I do hope they fix it