kernel source

[Paul Howarth]

On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 13:33 -0400, paul d jones wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I hope this has not been asked recently....
> 
> I am having a bit of difficulty installing the kernel source for the
> 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 kernel.I need this for the reinstallation of my nvidia
> driver.
> I tried to follow the instructions for installing the sources as found
> in "http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc3.shtml". Basically 
> 
> 1. rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-1.667.src.rpm
> 
> followed by
> 
> 2.rpmbuild -bp --target=noarch  /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec
> But alas, my nvidia installer is not finding the kernel source tree.
> Even when using the --kernel-source-path /usr/src/BUILD/kernel-2.6.12
> nvidia installer option, I still get error messages. 
> 
> If you cannot tell, I kinda have no idea what I am doing :-)
> 
> Oh... I cannot find a source rpm via yum, are they no longer available
> in the repositories? or am I not looking in the right place (using the
> default yum repos...)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. 

You don't need the full kernel source to build the nvidia drivers.

# yum install kernel-devel

and then try building your drivers again. That should be sufficient.

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>