tir, 11,.07.2006 kl. 19.06 +0200, skrev Anders Johansson:
> On Tuesday 11 July 2006 17:40, Sven Jacobs wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > just upgraded the kernel-default package to version 2.6.16.20-1.1.
> > Unfortunately the kernel-source package extracted the src
> > into /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.20-20.1. This is a problem for several third
> > party programs which try to determine the src path by the running kernel
> > (name).
> 
> This doesn't really help you, but those programs are broken and should be 
> fixed by their maintainers. The only reliably correct way to get to the 
> kernel source is through the symlink in the /lib/modules directory (now that 
> must be named the same as the kernel, otherwise nothing will work)
> 
> > The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.16.20-20.1-default) does not
> > match
> > your running kernel (version 2.6.16.20-1.1-default).  Even if the module
> > were to
> > compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
> 
> That should be solved by editing the top level Makefile in the source 
> directory

I had the kernel-syms rpm installed, and I had no issues with nvidia nor
vmware, I guess that fits with what Anders is saying.

Bjørn Lie


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