hi,
I'm running a RH Linux 8 on a P4 desktop.
Under usr/src there is no linux directory, only linux 2.4.18-14 and Red Hat
Where can I find the linux kernel source code?
If the source code is not there, where can I down load it?

linux 2.4.18-14 is the linux source code folder. it tells u that kernel version is 2.4.18

nomally u would want to have /usr/src/linux as a symlink to the actual source directory

do
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18 /usr/src/linux

when u install new kernel
rm /usr/src/linux
and make symlink to the new kernel directory

Ok, thks pal.
I want to recompile the kernel to include linux frame buffer device.
I have recompile the kernel and move it to boot and rename as linux.vesafb
I have also edit my grub to run this new kernel but I keep getting a file not found. I found that there is a vmlinxz-2.4.18-14 executable file and another vmlinux-2.4.18-14 unknown file but there is no linux.vesafb executable file, only a linux.vesafb unknown file.
Please advise.

This is what I did:
1)make menuconfig
I slect the options to enable frame buffer
2)make dep
3)make bzImage
4)cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux.vesafb
5)Then I edit the grub.config with kwrite:
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /linux.vesafb ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img
title DOS
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
6) Reboot, select red hat linux, but got tons of errors and failure to start linux

Where did I go wrong?

what about modules ???. did u copied them also as the kernel readme says..

What modules?

my advice read the documentation which comes with linux source and you will know the exact process of installing a kernel

in your grub config
kernel /linux.vesafb

and you have
/boot/linux.vesafb

make them consistant..

and u have to do
make modules
make modules_install

Do I

cd /boot
make modules
make modules_install

?

no do it in the source directory itself and dont forget to read the README file there

after step 3 do the commands

Hi MayanKjohri,
Thanks for the pointers, but I'm a bit lost.
This is what I think of the steps to recompile the linux kernel:
1)cd /usr/src/linux
2)make menuconfig
3)make dep
4)make bzImage
5)make modules
6)make modules_install
7)cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux.vesafb
8) reconfig grub to:
kernel /linux.vesafb

What does make modules and make modules_install do? Do I need to copy any files to /boot?

If u read the README file its there in the installing kernel section. I also dont have the file with me presently. I can tell u tomorrow. But most of the steps are now in right order. try with them and we will see.
But read the README file which comes with source

sceadu
you don't have to repeat the make xconfig, bzImage and etc
just cd /usr/src/linux
make modules && make modules_install

7)cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux.vesafb
8) reconfig grub to:
kernel /linux.vesafb

this is wrong
either cp your bzImage to /linux.vesafb
or configure grub to: kernel /boot/linux.vesafb

what distro r u using by the way?