On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 13:58, John V. Pope wrote: > FC1 Gurus: > > I am attempting to install the kernel source on my server as the first step > toward recompiling a USB driver. When I issue the rpm command, nothing > happens and the shell prompt returns within a few seconds. No output is > generated and no files are installed. I have tried this on two different > FC1 servers with identical results. > > Here's my shell session: > # rpm --checksig kernel-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl.src.rpm > kernel-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl.src.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK > # rpm -i kernel-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl.src.rpm > > What am I missing? This used to work for RH9. Wrong package. You're using the source RPM for the kernel package. Confusing, but you want the kernel-source RPM, which installs the source code for the kernel. "Source RPMs", usually referred to as SRPMS, provide the source code and RPM spec file for building a binary RPM. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net
