On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 14:36, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 20 Jul 2003 9:08 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 09:55, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Sunday 20 Jul 2003 4:37 pm, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > > > Am Sonntag, 20. Juli 2003 17:00 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > > > > I'm trying to follow instructions to install a new ov511 > > > > > driver, as there is a problem with the one included in 9.1. > > > > > I'm extremely green at this. I'm getting errors referencing > > > > > include files, and I know I have to edit the Makefile to show > > > > > the correct path to the kernel source - but where are the > > > > > kernel source files? I'm fairly sure that they are installed. > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > /usr/src/linux-2.4.21..../ with a link to /usr/src/linux/ > > > > > > Well, the reason I couldn't find it, is that it wasn't installed. > > > It is now. > > > > > > All is not well, though, and I don't know where to start with > > > such a big error output. Can someone point me in the right > > > direction, please? > > > > > > Error file and Makefile attached. > > > > > > Anne > > > > Anne ... the Makefile in your linux source will have a line like > > this. > > > > EXTRAVERSION = -0.18mdkcustom > > > > > > Now the word custom is added by MDK because so many people screw up > > their box by building a new kernel with the same name as their > > original. For what you need to do (building a module for the > > original kernel) change this by removing the word custom then do a > > make mrproper and make dep. At this point the kernel source and > > it's version will match the uname of your kernel you are using. > > This should get rid of the version.h error. You have to do the > > make mrproper and make dep anyway when building modules just so > > that everything matches. > > > Thanks, James. I didn't need to do this. Once Ihad sorted out the > line that points to the kernel sources everything went fine. But > I'll file this tip for the future, just in case. > > Anne
I've found that this is often the cause of the "compiled for different kernel errors." James
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