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. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
