Nick wrote: >On 15/01/06, Tommy Nijem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hello I am using Jarod Wilson's Myth install guide for FC4. >>Everything works OK except for lirc. I believe the problem is that there is >>not a packge for lirc built for my kernel version. I am somewhat new to >>linux(long time computer user...just not Linux). So I may be off base. >>Anyways, when I try "# yum install lirc-kmdl-$KVER" I see "no match for >>argument lirc-kmdl-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4". >>I did a lot of googling and searching but could not find the answer. I also >>tried installing lirc 0.7.2 from lirc.org but when I tried to compile I >>received an error that my kernel sources were missing. >>I am a bit over my head here and looking for some knowledgeable advice. >>Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> > >When using Jarod's FC guides, it pays dividends to ensure you are >running a kernel version that matches the version Axel builds his >kernel modules for (especially when you are using multiple modules >like lirc, ivtv etc). You could install the newer kernel: > >yum install kernel kernel-devel > >The -656 version of the kernel was released on 6 Jan 2006, so chances >are you installed the system before this and got the prior kernel >installed. > >Older versions (<=0.7.2) of lirc may not build properly on newer >2.6.14 kernels, so if going the compilation route, use a newer version >(I installed lirc-0.8.0pre4 yesterday with no trouble on a >2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 system.) > > What you may not understand here is that you may be missing the *kernel* sources for your setup. It is not particularly made clear in Jarod's guide that you need 'kernel-dvel' for the sources, and that yum update or smart upgrade will upgrade the kernel *and the sources* if you have already installed a prior source version, but not if you have not done so.
Over the weekend a rebuild of my mythbox (with not much beyond the required bits) needed 591Meg to upgrade everything from kernel 2.6.11 to 2.6.14-1.1656. A major chunk of that is the kernel sources and xorg sources. If you upgrade, you will then end up with a couple of kernel versions listed in grub, to choose when booting, and a couple of versions in /usr/src/kernels (for Fedora 4). And Nick is absolutely right, that having a kernel version that all of the programs are built for really helps. And use smart if it will install.. It *is* better at dependencies.. Geoff _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
