i need help making the src file for a kernel i guess. I really don't know what i am doing. I need it to install video drivers. I am running Fedora Core 2 for the x86-64 architecture I can't find it on the cd but i dl'ed a rpm but i am not really sure how to make the file i need

Please please help








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First of all, you need to find out which kernel you are running to begin with,
it won't do you any good to have the source for the 2.6.5 kernel if you are running 2.4.22 to accomplish this, (as root) run
this will output which version of the linux kernel you are running,
pay attention to the whole thing, as it makes a huge difference, distro to distro. For example, 2.4.22-mdk-smp is not the same as 2.4.22.
Once you know exactly which kernel you are running, go to
http://www.rpmfind.net and do a search for that kernel
You'll need a source rmp (SRPM) rather than just a compiled rpm.
Once you've got the correct source, install it, and make note of where it installs to, you may have to create a softlink from /usr/src/linux-2.6.5 to wherever the source code went

Best of luck
Smee

You can do a uname -r as a user as well... At least I can, and that makes sense, as there is no reason to make the kernel version root-only information. Of course, you can only act on the kernel as root.

And I don't believe that you need the .srpm-- what you need is the kernel-source-version.rpm or at least the kernel-headers-version.rpm for your currently running kernel, both of which are "compiled", but will just install the source for whatever kernel and automatically make the necessary symlink to /usr/src/linux.

If the kernel source you install is the same as your currently running kernel, all you have to do is follow the instructions to install your video card drivers; if you want to upgrade your kernel, you have to configure, compile and install the new kernel, and boot to it before installing the video card drivers.

If you need general instructions for compiling and installing a kernel, the search function here (and Google) is your friend, and I'm sure that this is also documented among RH/Fedora resource/help sites as well.

Hope this helps.

Since installing and calling make is not the only thing to compile a kernel you maybe should take a look here http://www.digitalhermit.com/~kwan/kernel.html