NO source-kernel !!!

neoAThome · 01-23-2005, 05:07 PM

i am a nobee....

i was tring to get my wireless card working thru ndiswrapper.......
the ndis.. site said that we must make sure that we have the 'kernel-source'.
using rpmdrake (config > config yur comp) i tried to search but it wasnt there... so i thought that if its installed I should find it in un-install section and couldnt find it there also

1) i tried urpmi but it said: package not found
2) rpm -qa | grep kernel returns : kernel-2.6.8.1.12mdk-1-1mdk

so now where is the kernel-source package and how do i install it ??

rksprst · 01-23-2005, 07:11 PM

Code:

[alex@toshiba-user alex]$ su
Password:
[root@toshiba-user alex]# urpmi kernel-source

thats what i did
if the kernel-souce package is not found, try another mirror

edit, spelling

DeusExLinux · 01-23-2005, 10:24 PM

The kernel-source should also be on the Mandrake install cd's... if you search for kernel in rpmdrak, it should come up (you just gotta select which on you wanna use, there's two sources), just make sure you have. the cd's as a installiable source.

neoAThome · 01-24-2005, 12:01 AM

thx for the help ppl. got it !!!

carl0ski · 01-26-2005, 05:45 PM

kernel-source is only included in Mandrake powerpack editions

cd4

you need to get it generally elsewhere
contrib ftp or from rpm.pbone.net

http://urpmi.borgnet.us/

DeusExLinux · 01-26-2005, 10:35 PM

Kernel-source is avaliable on the downloaded CD's, you don't have to use any other sources to get them... I beleive they are on CD 3, unless the powerpack cd's come with a nonstandard kernel...

As far as I understood, the only thing that was really on cd 4 was KDE 3.3

carl0ski · 01-26-2005, 11:03 PM

10.0 official the Kernel-source 2.6.3 and 2.4.6 was on the 4th cd that wasnt available for download

but it might be different for Download official 10.1

coz i bought the 10.1 Official DVD Powerpack+ so i wouldnt know

RoofRabbit · 01-26-2005, 11:17 PM

Yeah but he said he was running 2.6.8 which is 10.1 and the source code is on CD3

DeusExLinux · 01-27-2005, 03:14 PM

hmm.. I thought i installed the kernel-source with 10.0 without having the 4th cd.... I guess I didn't, and thats why I never did get madwifi to compile with 10.0.. hahaha..

carl0ski · 01-27-2005, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DeusExLinux
hmm.. I thought i installed the kernel-source with 10.0 without having the 4th cd.... I guess I didn't, and thats why I never did get madwifi to compile with 10.0.. hahaha..

I only Noticed because everytime i Install NVIDIA .run file KDE played up spitting out sigsev errors
so io read the readme and it said i required kernel-source and it wasnt on any my CD´s so i had to download it

i later borrowed a friends cd4 from powerpack and it happened to have it.

The Driver thing might be why they include it with the download editiion