I'm new to all this, but, it looks like yum would be the best thing for me to use to modify my code, however, I'm using a laptop and the reason I need to modify my code is to get the modem and wifi working.

So I have to try to just installl the code manually.

At first I had some issues and got a nokey error, but, I resolved that and I have the keys installed.

Now when I try su -
(root password)
rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.111.1369.src.rpm



I get - error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?

Thanks in advance

For some reason I do not think you are installing the rpm for your specific version of fedora core.

Also to get wirelss working, if you are using ndiswrapper and need kernel sources use yum to install a package called, kernel-devel-`uname -r` or kernel-devel, the important thing is that the kernel source name matches the kernel you are currently using.

uname -r

should let you know which kernel you are using.

You can also add the livna repo and yum install ndiswrapper to get ndiswrapper on your box. See http://www.fedorafaq.com to get the livna repo.

I am using 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4. I double checked with uname -r

As I understand it, yum goes out on the net and gets what you need. I can't use it though because both the wifi and the modem are not working - that's why I have to modify the code by installing drivers

Are you actually planning on modifying the actual kernel source code, which is probably really difficult to do, or do you just need the kernel sources to install the drivers? If you just need the kernel sources, which I believe is what you are looking for, then get the rpm for kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 from the link below. The reason for my last post was because almost all (as far as I know) of the kernel packages for Fedora Core end in _FC4 and your rpm did not end in _FC4.

http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/se...nel-devel-i686

It did have the _FC4 on it. A typo on my part.

I found I had to creat the directory first, then it installed.

Now the next step is for me to change the path to linux to the one I have in the makefile file for the driver. I'm not sure if they mean the path to the source I just installed or the kernel. I can set the paths to either but I get a no such directory error at the point where it tries to make the drivers.

./configure --help

then you should see how to set up some paths with something that looks like the following below

./configure --with-path-not-found=/correct/path/on/linuxbox