I have installed Mandrake 9.2 and I have been trying to install the NVidia drivers for my GF2 card.

I have followed a link from another thread at this forum and downloaded and installed the 'kernel-source-2.4.22-21'. The trouble is when I run the NVidia 'run' file it says the source does not match the kernel.

In my root directory I have some folders that reference '2.4.22-10', but in the 'usr' folder I have my '21' source files.

Did I get the wrong (RC-type) ISO's or am I just missing something obvious. I am not a complete rooky but I have never used LINUX consistantly for more that a few months at a time since Mandrake 6. I find it a very interesting OS but I always run out of time trying to get it JUST RIGHT. With a wife and kids and a job I have other things pulling at my 'free' time.

Thanks

You need to enter uname -a to find out what version of kernel you've got running. If that doesn't match the source code version, you're either going to have to compile a new kernel from that source code so they do match or you're going to have to find the source code for the version of kernel you've currently got running. You can might find the correct source code at the Mandrake site and you will definitely find the correct source code at kernel.org.

Thanks,
I'll try that when I get off work.

Well, my kernel is -10 and I cannot find that source to download. I compiled a kernel last night and it worked 'kinda'. I've never done a compile before and I'm sure I need to learn about what to turn on, what to make as modules and what to leave out.

Is it posible to go backward and create a source out of the -10 working kernel. This may be a stupid question but what the heck.

Thanks for the help,

As far as I know you can't "uncompile" a kernel. The best you can do is use the make oldconfig command in place of make xconfig or make menuconfig. Make oldconfig reads the current configuration file and uses that configuration in the new kernel compile.

I'm actaully surprised that the Mandrake site doesn't have an archive of their old kernel source packages. Did you buy Mandrake or did you burn your own? If you bought it, the kernel source should be on one of the disks. If you burned your own, then you might have it, depending on what disks you burned. You might have a look on the CDs.

However, if you've got a functioning kernel with matching source, you might have another go at compiling the NVidia drivers.

I did buy the CD's online, but not from Mandrake. It was suppose to be the final but I'm not to sure it is. It is (now) a known fact that the kernel-source is not included in the ISO's for whatever reason.

The kernel that I compiled is not one that I intend to keep. It does not reccognize much of my computer. I think I may have another go at compiling and see if I can get all of my hardware recognized.

Like I said, this was the first for me so the fact that it worked at all was good news to me!

Thanks,

That is why I went back to 9.1. You can't compile anything without the sources. That stinks like yesterdays dung.

Later

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