Im new to fedora and yum. So bare with me.
I'm using the latest kenel (2.6.15-1.1831_FC4) on my laptop. Seeing as my hardware with regards to network cards and stuff is set in stone my goal was to compile a new kernel, minus all the drivers, and other junk I did not need. So I compiled a new 2.6.15 kernel from the source rpm of my current kernel (2.6.15-1.1831_FC4). I call it 2.6.15-toshiba, and save it as an rpm for future install, or to share with other toshiba M30 laptop users.
Everything worked beautiful. My laptop boots quicker, kernel is smaller, no boot errors. Im a happy camper. Then I go to add in the nvidia, and ntfs driver modules from livna...
kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i68 2.1.25-0.lvn.1.4
kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i 1.0.8178-0.lvn.3.4
However I encouter errors. I do some more reading on the Livna web site and see this
Code:
If you use an unsupported kernel (why do you do that?) you need to compile the kernel-module yourself.
If I rename my new toshiba kernel to 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 will this trick yum into installing the modules??
OR
Can I re-compile my 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 kernel, and minus the options I dont need. It seems like yum wont install anything kernel related unless its installing it against the generic FC4 kernel.
Will any of this trick it, or does the fact the change in kernel configuration make it impossible to install the modules with yum???