||| uname -r ||| shows
2.4.25-040218

and i need to install the package kernel-source, but the problem is that i cannot find the |||kernel-source-2.4.25-040218|||.

I have googling for it for the last so many weeks.

Any solutions for this problem?

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Muhammad Muzzamil Luqman

You need the source for 2.4.25 . The rest of the extension is the date that someone compiled it. The best source of kernels is kernel.org. You should find what you need.

thankx apolinsky, i was quite worried for the kernel-source. I guess i will easily find the kernel-source-2.4.25

Is this the normal practice that people put the compilation date after the kernel or this is something compulsary? can i change this date to todays date or something else?

And also please tell me about some official reposiroty for the kernel-source-2.4.25.

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Muhammad Muzzamil Luqman

If you go to kernel org you will find current and prior kernels. Make sure you choose the complete package, not a 'patch'. Spend some time at the site. Regarding the date: generally when people compile kernels they will affix a date onto the name indicating they have made certain changes on a specific date. It doesn't matter what date you put on the kernel.

apolinsky, on a seperate machine i have installed the Redhat9.0 and when i issue the command:

uname -r

it says
2.4.20-8

doest this "8" follows the same login and the package kernel-source-20.4.20 will work???

The kernel version is 2.4.20 The 8 indicates a revision made by someone. They have started with the 2.4.20 kernel, and probably chose certain compile options when they compiled it. If you compile a kernel, you have many options you can choose to include or exclude in the compiled kernel. (For ease, you might try a make menuconfig on one of your kernels.) You will be able to include an enormous number of items in the kernel, possibly load them as modules, or exclude them altogether for compactness of the kernel size. The larger you make a kernel, the slower it will load. You have to produce an initrd preloader if it exceeds a certain size. Getting back to the question at hand, Redhat started with the 2.4.20 kernel, and in the compile chose to enable or disable certain portions of the code to tailor the kernel for what they considered to be 'typical' needs.

sorry apolinsky for disturbing you again and again. But i am really worried.

The problem is that

i have got the kernel-2.4.25-040218 installed.

The only thing that i have access to is the tar ball for the kerenl-2.4.25-040218.

I thought that by compiling and installing the kernel i would get the kernel-source-2.4.25.040218. But after wasting three days in getting the kernel compilation and then installation understand i have come to know that the compilation and the installtion from source does not alter any packages and i have to update the packages manually.

The thing is apolinsky that i do not have any kernel-source-2.4.25.040218 and i can't find it over the web. I thought that kernel-source-2.4.25 would work but i have come to know that for different patches you have to get different sources as well and if the sources are not identical then i may ruin your system, even.

Now at the moment i am really confused and i do not know what to do. Please if you can suggest me some thing?

Generic kernels, the ones used to produce all others, are available at kernel.org. If you have a custom modified kernel, it must be obtained from a different source. For example Redhat has a site where you can get all their sources. The same can be said for Debian, Suse, and Slackware. I'm sure all of the other major players provide kernel sources. I think you may be worrying too much. You should be able to take the generic source from kernel org for 2.4.25. It should work. If you know specifically that it doesn't, go to the website for your specific distribution. You will have to search for a bit. For instance, I seem to recall the update site for Redhat is something like updates.redhat.com. The Suse sites are reachable with yast. The Debian sites would use apt-get.

If your kernel source is rejected because the name is slightly different from the compiled version, try renaming the generic kernel to the specific compiled kernel name.

Thankx again!

The problem is almost solved but can you please tell me how can i rename the "generic kernel to the specific compiled kernel name"???

In the Unix (or Linux) universe, it is always easier to be careful. You have obviously downloaded the kernel to a certain directory. Gernerally kernels get compiled, and installed from the /usr/src directory. Since I have my home directory as /usr/alan that is the directory I use for all downloads. I would copy the source code using the following command:
cp /home/alan/kernel-source-2.4.25 /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.25-040218

As a general rule /usr/src can only be written to by root.

Good luck

thankx alot apolinsky

you've moved a big big burdon off me.

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Muhammad Muzzamil Luqman