directory with kernel sources?
 

Hey,

I've downloaded a newer alsadriver version (tarballs) and was trying to install them now, but ./configure stops halfway as apparently the needed kernel sources can't be found. Is there a way to find out if these sources are in a different directory than the one ./configure tried to look for them? If not, what is that package that I would need to install? Any advice or help is greatly appreciated..!!

My distribution is Mandriva 2007.0, and this is what I did:

[irkku@localhost alsa-driver-1.0.14rc4]$ ./configure
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking for current directory... /home/irene/alsa-driver-1.0.14rc4
checking cross compile...
checking for directory with kernel source... /usr/src/linux
checking for directory with kernel build...
checking for kernel linux/version.h... no
The file /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h does not exist.
Please install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution
or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel
sources (default is /usr/src/linux).

Like it says, by default they install under /usr/src/. I'm not familiar with Mandrake naming scheme, but the package you're looking for is something like linux-version.src.rpm or kernel-version.src.rpm or kernel-sources-version.rpm or equivalent. Should be easy to find, check rpm.pbone.net for example. Note that the version must match your running kernel exactly.