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Old 08-14-2004, 01:10 AM   #1
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Locating my Kernel source for ATI driver recompile?


[root@localhost SRPMS]# find / -name kernel -print
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-2.8.6/doc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/kernel/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/mips/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/arm26/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/m68k/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/arm/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/v850/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/cris/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/h8300/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/um/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/x86_64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/ppc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/m68knommu/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/alpha/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/sh64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/s390/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/sh/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/ppc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/sparc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/ia64/sn/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/ia64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/sparc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp/build/arch/parisc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/kernel/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/mips/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/arm26/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/m68k/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/arm/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/v850/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/cris/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/h8300/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/um/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/x86_64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/ppc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/m68knommu/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/alpha/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/s390/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/sh/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/ppc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/sparc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/ia64/sn/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/ia64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/sparc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/build/arch/parisc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/kernel/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/mips/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/arm26/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/m68k/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/arm/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/v850/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/cris/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/h8300/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/um/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/x86_64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/ppc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/m68knommu/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/alpha/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/sh64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/s390/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/sh/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/ppc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/sparc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/ia64/sn/kernel
I am trying to configure my ATI drivers to work with the 2.6.7 kernel, but I am fairly new to this and am having trouble locating the kernal source for the recompile. I did a "find" for kernel and this is what I got. What do I do now? Which of these directory paths lead to the correct kernel source?

/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/ia64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/sparc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.7-1.494.2.2/build/arch/parisc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/mips/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/arm26/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/m68k/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/arm/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/v850/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/cris/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/h8300/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/um/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/x86_64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/ppc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/m68knommu/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/alpha/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/i386/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/s390/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/sh/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/ppc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/sparc/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/ia64/sn/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/ia64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/sparc64/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build/arch/parisc/kernel
/proc/sys/kernel
/etc/log.d/scripts/services/kernel
 
Old 08-14-2004, 10:58 AM   #2
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Your Kernel Source Is In /usr/src/
 
Old 08-15-2004, 09:28 PM   #3
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exactly, or try using
slocate kernel-source-*
where * is the version you use
 
Old 08-16-2004, 01:30 PM   #4
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To install the sourcecode if you havent got it:

yum install kernel-sourcecode

Download the latest driver (3.11.1) from Ati

Download this patch: fglrx-fedora.patch.gz

Then follow these instructions: http://fedorafaq.org/#radeon
 
  


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