Re: kernel source
From: Paul Howarth (paul_at_city-fan.org)
Date: 07/29/05
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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:57:57 +0100
On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 13:33 -0400, paul d jones wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope this has not been asked recently....
>
> I am having a bit of difficulty installing the kernel source for the
> 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 kernel.I need this for the reinstallation of my nvidia
> driver.
> I tried to follow the instructions for installing the sources as found
> in "http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc3.shtml". Basically
>
> 1. rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-1.667.src.rpm
>
> followed by
>
> 2.rpmbuild -bp --target=noarch /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec
> But alas, my nvidia installer is not finding the kernel source tree.
> Even when using the --kernel-source-path /usr/src/BUILD/kernel-2.6.12
> nvidia installer option, I still get error messages.
>
> If you cannot tell, I kinda have no idea what I am doing :-)
>
> Oh... I cannot find a source rpm via yum, are they no longer available
> in the repositories? or am I not looking in the right place (using the
> default yum repos...)
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
You don't need the full kernel source to build the nvidia drivers.
# yum install kernel-devel
and then try building your drivers again. That should be sufficient.
Paul.
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