question about installing CDemu

minm · 10-19-2004, 08:10 PM

Hi when i want to install CDemu(http://cdemu.sourceforge.net) i read the directions.. and it says this:

# extract the archive:
$ tar -jxvf cdemu-<VER>.tar.bz2
# you need the source of your current running kernel.
/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build/include needs to point at it.
# build the module:
$ make
# install the module and user space utilities:
$ sudo make install
# now simply load the kernel module:
$ sudo modprobe cdemu

i don't get the part about 'you need the source of your current running kernel"

what do i do?

hw-tph · 10-20-2004, 03:59 AM

Install the kernel-source rpm package from SuSE whose version matches your running kernel. So if you're running the kernel-default-2.6.4-52 kernel, the package you need to install is most likely kernel-source-2.6.4-52.i586.rpm.

Håkan

minm · 10-20-2004, 01:00 PM

why would i need to install the source of i already have it?

hw-tph · 10-20-2004, 05:51 PM

If that is the case, does the /usr/src/linux symlink exist and does it point to the correct directory (usually /usr/src/linux-version)? The name of the directory should match your current running kernel.

Håkan

minm · 10-20-2004, 08:41 PM

how do i check?

hw-tph · 10-21-2004, 06:57 AM

uname -r returns the Linux version, and you could ls -l /usr/src to see what's in that directory (and where the /usr/src/linux symlink points to).

Håkan