On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 20:30 -0600, Bob Hartung wrote: > Jeff and J.K. > There is no build subdirectory under: > /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 > This persists after a yum erase kernel-devel and a > yum install kernel-devel ... > > can I just mkdir build and try this again? > > Bob > this is what I see in [jeff@eagle nvidia]$ ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/build lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Jan 8 19:34 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4-i686 This is a logical link to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.14-1.1656_fc4-i686 and was created for me when I installed the kernel-devel package. If it is not doing that for you then something is wrong with the way the install of the package is working. Try the last part I suggested. Completely remove the 2.6.14-1.1656 kernel and devel package and reinstall both at the same time. You can use a yum update to do the install if you already have both installed with the last version you updated. Note that a kernel install or a kernel-devel install seems to hang for a long time as it completes all the required housekeeping. Be patient and let them complete without interruption. > > > Jeff Vian wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 19:41 -0600, Bob Hartung wrote: > > > >>Alright now, I have made progress. > >> > >>uname --all reports: > >> > >>Linux minitwr 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 #1 Thu Jan 5 22:14:13 EST 2006 i686 > >>athlon i386 GNU/Linux > >> > >>This tells me that I have a i386 kernel installed. right? > >> > > > > No. You have the i686 kernel on i386 architecture just like I do. > > > > [jeff@eagle ~]$ uname -a > > Linux eagle 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 #1 Thu Jan 5 22:13:22 EST 2006 i686 athlon > > i386 GNU/Linux > > > > I do see a difference in the timestamp on the kernel though (which might > > be due to clock differences??). > > > > > >>rpm -qa | grep kernel reports: > >> kernel-doc-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 > >> kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 > >> kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 > >> > >>Now I now that the kernel-headers are for i686. As the error I get > >>after running the nVidia installer is that I have the wrong kernel > >>source installed, i can only surmise that the difference is between i386 > >>and i686. Right? > >> > >>So now, how can i force yum to upgrade/install the current i686 kernel > >>to replace the i386 kernel that I am currently running? > >> > > > > You have the proper kernel per your output above. > > > > It may be that the kernel-devel package is not properly installed. > > Try "yum erase kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4" > > then "yum install kernel-devel" > > > > Also make certain that the installer you got from nvidia is the correct > > one for Linux. The package I downloaded from them and worked for me was: > > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run > > > > If that does not resolve it then try rebooting to an older kernel, > > remove the 1656 kernel (with a command similar to what was given for the > > kernel-devel package), and reinstall the new kernel as well. > > > > Note that yum works from the command line so you do not _have_ to have > > the video driver working to do the erase and install commands. > > > > > >>If you think I am completely wrong - say so! I do want to keep up on > >>this as I will eventually better understand what I did wrong and > >>therfore avoid repeating it and maybe be able to help someone else. > >> > >>by the by, I am not a computer scientist, but a physician and i am glad > >>that I am a hell of a lot handier with an angiograhic catheter and a CT > >>scanner or MRI than I am proving to be with the linux kernel, yum and > >>all the repositories that i am slowly finding out about. > >> > >>Thanks again for putting up with this drivel. > >> > > > > We all have to learn new things. Don't be embarrassed at asking > > questions. > > > > > >>Bob Hartung > >> > > > > >
