I need kernel source 2.4.20-20.9 i686

Peit · 10-09-2003, 12:54 PM

Hello all

I want to update my video drivers, but i need the source from my kernel, the file should be called kernel-source-2.4.20-20.9.i686.rpm

I found kernel-source-2.4.20-20.9.i386.rpm on the red hat updates ftp, but that one isnt working.

Anyone knows a place for all the kernel sources?

Thanks in advance!

david_ross · 10-09-2003, 01:06 PM

Welcome to LQ.

Try here:
http://www.kernel.org

Although it looks like it is down so try:
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.ke...x/kernel/v2.4/

hw-tph · 10-09-2003, 01:51 PM

If you need it to compile something that relies on having the kernel source installed you should be OK if you only install the matching kernel-headers package.

Or get the official source from a kernel.org mirror and build it yourself.

hw

Peit · 10-09-2003, 02:51 PM

Thanks for your replies!

But i still got a problem

So i did as you said, downloaded this source:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kerne...-2.2.20.tar.gz
(after the error i also tried ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kerne....2.20.tar.bz2, didnt know the difference)
unpacked it somewhere, and did the nvidia installer again

this is the error it gave me then:

Code:

ERROR: The kernel header file
       '/home/willem/linux-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h' does not exist. 
       The most likely reason for this is that the kernel header files in
       '/home/willem/linux-2.4.20/include' have not been configured.

and that file, indeed, is not there. Other files are, when i gave the path wrong to the installer, it said 'couldnt find kernel.h', so i am pointing to the right dir.

Did i download the wrong source? Or is there another solution?

blaisepascal · 10-09-2003, 04:15 PM

First off, do you have kernel 2.4.20-20.9 installed? If you don't know which version you have, you can check by typing "uname -r" or "rpm -qa kernel". When you said that using kernel-source doesn't work, how so?

Also, is there a reason why the kernel source you did install is in the /home/... directory? I thought that it had to go to the /usr/src directory. Maybe try putting the kernel source there and run the installer again.

BP

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Peit · 10-09-2003, 04:44 PM

Thanks for your reply!

Quote:

Originally posted by blaisepascal
[B]First off, do you have kernel 2.4.20-20.9 installed?

Yes

Quote:

Originally posted by blaisepascal When you said that using kernel-source doesn't work, how so?

This source isnt, the nvidia installer says so, see the error report in my previous post.

Quote:

Originally posted by blaisepascal Also, is there a reason why the kernel source you did install is in the /home/... directory? I thought that it had to go to the /usr/src directory. Maybe try putting the kernel source there and run the installer again.

There was no reason for, i gave the path to the nvidia installer using the parameter. I tried putting it in /usr/src but that didnt work either

same error!

hw-tph · 10-09-2003, 05:07 PM

That's becaus the source needs to be compiled for the file to exist.

Get the kernel-headers package for your kernel.

hw

Peit · 10-09-2003, 05:07 PM

I did some searching and found the modversions.h, now im getting another error:

Code:

-> Building kernel module:
   executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make nvidia.o SYSINCLUDE=/usr/include'...
                                                              
   You appear to be compiling the NVIDIA kernel module with   
   a compiler different from the one that was used to compile 
   the running kernel. This may be perfectly fine, but there  
   are cases where this can lead to unexpected behaviour and  
   system crashes.                                            
                                                              
   If you know what you are doing and want to override this   
   check, you can do so by setting IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH.        
                                                              
   In any other case, set the CC environment variable to the  
   name of the compiler that was used to compile the kernel.  
                                                              
   [1;31m*** Failed cc sanity check. Bailing out! ***
   [0mmake: *** [gcc-check] Error 1

Peit · 10-10-2003, 03:41 AM

Can anyone please help me with this problem?