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Error compiling kernel 2.6.16

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piratePenguin:
is libc6-dev installed?
the connection refused errors could be temporary problems on the server-side..

cymon:
libc6-dev is at the latest version.

Damn it, all this just for the nVidia drivers.  But it says there's no kernel interface for my kernel, it needed the 2.6.8 source, I downloaded that and it said it needed to be configured.  Tried configuring it, that didn't work.

piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: cymon ---libc6-dev is at the latest version.

Damn it, all this just for the nVidia drivers.  But it says there's no kernel interface for my kernel, it needed the 2.6.8 source, I downloaded that and it said it needed to be configured.  Tried configuring it, that didn't work.
--- End quote ---
Doesn't it work with linux-kernel-headers installed?

If you need the source code I think it looks for it in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source - which you should setup to be a symlink to the kernel source directory.

--- Code: ---ln -s /path/to/kernel/sourcecode /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source
--- End code ---

piratePenguin:
In fact I think you might want to look into the linux-restricted-modules package...

H_TeXMeX_H:
Well I recently compiled my own kernel, but it was pretty easy cuz I used an src.rpm version ... all I had to do is

rpmbuild --rebuild kernel-version###-src.rpm

or if you need to make changes (like I had to) you could make an rpm out of a tgz of the kernel with:

rpmbuild -ta --target=i686 kernel-version####.tar.gz

of course you may need a spec file for it unless you get an rpm version of it and extract it, then repackage it as tgz

more on rpm stuff:

http://www.linux.com/howtos/Font-HOWTO/rpm.shtml

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