On Saturday 22 November 2003 10:11, Janice wrote: > Hi again, > Think I have made a big mistake. > Does the following mean that I don't have the kernel source installed? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] janice]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel > kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13 > kernel-2.4.20-6 >
IIRC you would expect to see a: kernel-source-2.4.20-6 too if the kernel sources were installed. If you install drivers from a binary rpm, then (usuallly) it needs to be an exact match for the kernel version. Recompiling from source circumvents many of the problems - but not always. You might want to think about a kernel upgrade; I think RH9 is now on 2.4.20-9 (although I wouldn't expect much difference in the driver compatibility between different patch levels of the same kernel version). See also https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-135.html Certainly the kernel version for the nforce binary RPM for RH9 is at 2.4.20-9 (see also http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0261). With the binary rpm installed, what happens when you try: modprobe -v nvnet ? If you want to go the compile-your-own route, then maybe you should ask if someone could put the kernel src rpm on a CDROM (IIRC you are on a dialup?). I'd offer but I never seem to use RH9 any more and don't have CD Burner. HTH Colin _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish