kernel-source RPM problem

Whosrodney · 09-10-2003, 11:17 AM

Hi, I'm trying to install the kernel source rpm for kernel 2.4.20-20.9 and am having some problems. I have already installed the binary version of the kernel. I install the rpm, it gives me a warning, appears to install, and then is not installed. I upgraded from the 2.4.20-8 kernel and am also trying to upgrade the source, but it is not working. Thanks for any help. Here are the commands I'm using:

Code:

# cd /usr/src
# ls
debug
linux-2.4
kernel-2.4.20-20.9.src.rpm
redhat
# rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.20-20.9.src.rpm
warning: kernel-2.4.20-20.9.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e
     1:kernel             ################################################### [100%]
# ls
debug
linux-2.4
kernel-2.4.20-20.9.src.rpm
redhat
# rpm -qa | grep kernel-source
kernel-source-2.4.20-8
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XavierP · 09-10-2003, 11:24 AM

The kernel is normally upgraded by Up2Date. Another way of doing this would be via apt4rpm.

I believe the *.src.rpm merely creates another rpm file - it doesn't actually contain the source for the kernel (or Kernel Source).

Do you already have a copy of an earlier kernel source?

Whosrodney · 09-10-2003, 11:27 AM

Yes, I have kernel source for 2.4.20-8 kernel that came with the distro.

XavierP · 09-11-2003, 02:53 AM

Is it installed?

justahannah · 09-29-2003, 03:32 AM

Although, my machine isn't picking up having a kernel-source installed at all. I'm running Redat 9 but found out when I tried to install the drivers for my video card something's not linking right or doesn't exist because it tells me I need to have a kernel-source installed before it can do it's thing. When I try to usel the kernel-source rpm off the install cd for RH9, it gets about halfway through checking for package dependencies (where it's says 'reading individual package headers') and dead-ends. Up2Date says everything's there and updated to the most current versions, but I can't grep, whereis, or slocate it. I'm currently looking for a d/l of the 2.4.20-20.9 rpm independent of the Up2Date, but I have a feeling I'm going to get the same "already installed" errors. Any insight?

Hannah

XavierP · 09-29-2003, 04:31 AM

try rpm -e <package name> to uninstall. Then go to the Red Hat Network and select downloads and search for the rpm - you should then be able to d/l and install it. I have noticed it hangs on the installation, but if you leave it it continues eventually.

justahannah · 09-29-2003, 04:56 PM

I'm on my lunch break now, not a huge amount of time to mess with it (at least, not as much as I'd like), but I'll definitely try that. Thanks a bunch!
Hannah

misc · 09-30-2003, 04:59 PM

Don't confuse the kernel-source binary rpm (i.e. i386.rpm) with the kernel src.rpm. You want the former. The latter is not installed, but extracted like an archive (by default to /usr/src/redhat). It is used to build the binary rpm packages which is not what you want.

Get the kernel-source-2.4.20-20.9.i386.rpm, not the src.rpm.