On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:23:29 +1300, you wrote: >Encouraged by a posting on alt.os.linux.mandrake, I took another crack >at my downloaded RPM file, with the following result: > > > >rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.22.10mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] src]$ ls /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES >linux-2.4.22-q10.tar.bz2 linux-mdkconfig.h >linux-merge-modules.awk README.Mandrake >linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2 linux-merge-config.awk README.kernel-sources > > > >I used file-roller to extract part of linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2 (there must >have been a command-line way of doing this). I now have a bucket-full of >header files in /usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/linux/, but no version.h, >being the file that gave me the error message in the first place. Here's >the error message again: > > > >#error "To build kernel modules please do the following:" >#error "" >#error " o Have the kernel sources installed" > > > >Done. Hooray. > > > >#error " o Make sure that the symbolic link" >#error " /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build exists and points to" >#error " the matching kernel source directory" > > > >Which directory do they mean? I assume /usr/src/linux-2.4.22/. Anyway, >how do you make a symbolic link? I think that I can do it in Nautilus, >but how do you do it at the command line? > > > >#error " o Now copy /boot/vmlinuz.version.h to" >#error " /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include/linux/version.h" > > > >Gotcha. There is no /boot/vmlinuz.version.h. Here's /boot: > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] src]$ ls /boot >boot.0300 diag2.img kernel.h@ >message-graphic us.klt >config@ grub/ kernel.h-2.4.22-10mdk >message-text vmlinuz@ >config-2.4.22-10mdk initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img map >System.map@ vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk >diag1.img initrd.img@ message@ >System.map-2.4.22-10mdk > > > >What do I do now? Buy an Apple? Man, this is a steep learning curve. >Freedom sure don't come cheap. When's that >bring-it-along-and-give-it-a-crack night? This is a laptop, after all. > > > You need to install the kernel-source rpm. Alternatively, download the latest ( 2.4.24 or 2.6.2 ) tarball from www.kernel.org, and get away from this rpm hell!
hth, Steve
