I'm a newbie also; when I installed the sources, they weren't unpacked. bzip2 -dc kernel-sources-2.2.19pre17.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
should do this for you. Think you don't need the headers... Best regards Gaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] gravada: > Hi, > > I am trying to recompile the kernel so I can use the ltmodem drivers. This is > a first for me, so I still have to figure out a loot of things. Please, bear > with me. > > The docs said that the kernel-headers and/or sources are needed. So I check > the kernel version with unuma -r, which told me that I am running 2.2.19pre17. > Knowing that I invoked > > apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.19pre17 > > and also > > apt-get install kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 > > Thinking I had succesfully loaded the needed libraries I then fired up the > build_deb script that comes with the ltmodem sources. Bummer, it tells me it > can't find the headers in > > /usr/src/linux > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17 > /usr/src/kernel-linux-2.2.19pre17 > > Indeed ls shows me that there are 2 directories underneath /usr/src: > > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-compact > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-idepci > > Which one of those two do I use? Uname doesn't specify either of them. > > There's also a file kernel-source-2.2.19pre17.bz2 in /usr/src I presume these > are the kernel sources, but shouldn't they be unpacked somewhere? If I need to > do that myself, where should I put them? > > Sorry to pester you guys with all these questions. I tried finding the answers > on the net and in the doc directories, but was unsucessful. > > Grx HdV > > P.S. I have found the kernel how-to, but that didn't answer my questions. > > -- > Support bacteria - > they're the only culture some people have. > > J.A. de Vries aka HdV > Delft University of Technology > Computing Centre > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
