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Old 08-24-2004, 04:30 PM   #1
pavalosv
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Suse Kernel Source


Greetings Freaks!! = )

I've googled, linuxquestioned and still nothing =(

Here's my problem.

I've a FX5600 (nvidia), so I would like those fancy 6111 drivers...
and for that I need the kernel source located in /usr/src/linux.. BUT!! they are just not there..

I ran Yast for the updates and they didn't appear; then manually searched (inside Yast) for the kernel-soure and I find it.. but it was unavailable por install (grey square with no possible on it)

Somewhere I read that I need to "manually" install the source.. so I downloaded the kernel-source 2.6.5-7.104.src.rpm and installed it (rpm -ivh kernel-s[yada yada yada].src.rpm)
and still there was no "/usr/src/linux"

Then, I don't know where I "hear" something about rebuilding the source.. or a "source".src.rpm... that's when I lost it

Please Help.. I've started to look that "Windows XP" CD, and if you don't help me, I don't know what I will do = )
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BTW: Suse 9.1 Personal ^^
 
Old 08-24-2004, 05:41 PM   #2
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search in Yast for "kernel source", without the dash.. I'm not sure if they include it with the personal edition. POst back if its not there, i'll see if i can find an RPM at the Suse ftp site.

-myk
 
Old 08-24-2004, 06:11 PM   #3
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Thanks for answering mykrob

I did search for "kernel source" and I find it, but it has a "grey square" wich acording to Yast means "Do not Install" =(

I must say that this "don't touch anything" approach is not what I expected from a linux distro, grouxh! I don't even have gcc or make!!!
Anyway this last 2 weeks have been "Distro Test" for me (Burning CDs like hell!!)
At this very moment I'm reading about & downloading Gentoo
Anyway, I would like to test UT2004 on Suse with nvidia-6111 before installing another distro.

All the above means: still looking for that kernel source =)
Thx
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Old 08-24-2004, 06:27 PM   #4
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ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.1....4-52.i586.rpm
 
Old 08-24-2004, 08:08 PM   #5
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Before downloading and installing the link above...
I have (uname -r) kernel 2.6.5-7.104-default
Would it still work??
Thx
 
Old 08-24-2004, 09:05 PM   #6
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you'll want this one ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/upd...7.104.i586.rpm

Last edited by rshaw; 08-24-2004 at 09:06 PM.
 
  


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