Thanks! So what's the difference between the two methods? Why do you recommend the second? I've been pleased so far with yum. Bruce >On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:08:55AM -0700, Bruce Hyatt wrote: >> I'm trying to make sure I have all the modules I need for a USB >> Camera and card reader so I tried 'make menuconfig' and 'make >> xconfig.' I got the message "No target..." and realized I don't >> have the source files! I remember seeing something about them >> somewhere along the way but I can't remember where and I can't >> find anything about them on Fedora site nor at LinuxISO.org. >> Are they on the CD's? > >Which distribution? For Fedora Core 2, you could install >kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm from the updates area, which >you could get using yum. > >But what I really recommend (and this will be the default on FC3) is >to get >the kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm *source* RPM, and modify that to have >the changes you need -- if you need changes to the main kernel. If >it's an >external module you want to build, you shouldn't need the full source >at all -- the required headers are at "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build" >in the kernel package itself. > _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com
