On 2004-03-04, Richard Lyons penned: > Another really dim question coming up... > > I'm trying to install thinkpad drivers for Debian. Instructions say to > unpack the thinkpad.tar.gz (no problem there) and then to "cd to the > root of the source tree for the kernel for which you want to compile > modules, e.g., /usr/src/linux. Run 'make-kpkg --rootcmd=fakeroot > modules-image'..." I innocently assumed the root of the source tree > would be /usr/src/linux-2.4.22. But when I do 'make-kpkg > modules-image', I get: > "We do not seem to be in a top level linux kernel source directory > tree..." > So I am evidently wrong. I tried installing (via aptitude) the > kernel-source-2.4.22 package, and also kernel-headers-2.4.22-xfs-386, > but that didn't help. > > Can someone kindly tell me what is meant by "the root of the source > tree"? > > I really shall have to find time to learn about sources and compiling > one day -- it is always like cooking while blindfolded and with a > clothes-peg on your nose...
It may be expecting /usr/src/linux instead. Try symbolically linking the two with `ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.22 /usr/src/linux`, cd into the "new" linux directory, and try again. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
