Can anyone point me to a website that details how to deal with kernel-2.6.blah.spec files. I am trying to upgrade my kernel via kernel source. I am really overwhelmed when I open it up in vi. I have no idea what to do, and google, ask.com, and yahoo do not seem to deliver. Please help!

Do you want to configure the kernel?
If yes, just install the kernel and then go to /usr/src/kernel-"version" and type as "root" make xconfig or make menuconfig.

Check out this thread....

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ad.php?t=91503

It deals with your distro

Actually those instructions are for kernels pre 2.6x. Many things have changed since the 2.4 kernel releases. And furthermore I am trying to upgrade kernel from source. I need instructions that tell me how to edit (as in my case) the kernel-2.6.spec file. When I do:

rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec

I get a few failed dependencies. I know that there is something in the spec file that I need to change.

All I am looking for is a detailed step by step look at the kernel-2.6.spec file, and how to configure it. This file is huge and is ver overwhelming to look at when your are a newb (like I am).

Just got a mail from a mate with this url:

http://umlbuilder.sourceforge.net/umlcustom.shtml

You probably allready been there...it's just my

Good luck cracking it