Hi all

i installed FC4 on my laptop but without the SRPM

i need to install some drivers so now i need to install the kernel source .

i am trying to follow the steps in the release note doc.
but it doesnt work .

first i downloaded the source package which is
kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm

but when i try to install it i get the error
error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
(what is the problem here i created the folders
BUILD RPMS SOURCES SPECS SRPMS manualy !)

then after i use the command
rpmbuild -bp --target=noarch /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec

but afterward i cant find the src directory into /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.11/linux-2.6.11/usr

as in the doc.
cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-<version> /usr/src/

and what the $(arch) means in the rpmbuild ?

thanks

Have you tried installing from yum? That might be easier.

Odd... Don't know what the problem is here...

Since you used noarch in your rpmbuild command when you should've used $(arch), you should probably delete the kernel source you installed. You can do this by

Then reinstall your source rpm (rpm -Uvh <kernel>.src.rpm).

Change "noarch" to "$(arch)".

No such directory will be created. Some driver build scripts look for /usr/src/linux. If that's the case, try this.