ok, im trying to install the hostap driver, and it is looking for my kernel in /lib/modules/$(KVERS)/build but the build link is broken, it points to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2096_FC5-smp-i686, but i dont have the source. im not familiar with the process, and i cant seem to find the source in that version, is there a way to do this?

I can't quite remember since I have both the headers and the full source installed but i think this wants the kernel headers. They should be obtainable through fedoras yum repo by:

well it seemed to be doing something at first, but then it couldnt find the right packege or something>>>

[root@localhost ~]# yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
updates [1/3]
updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
core [2/3]
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
extras [3/3]
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 787 kB 00:02
extras : ################################################## 2235/2235
Added 179 new packages, deleted 855 old in 7.97 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5smp
Nothing to do


any clue why it cant find the source?

try
instead, I'm not sure if your repos are set up properly though

that seemed to do it, thanks