kernel source

[Mark Panen]

On 4/22/06, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 16:06 +0200, Mark Panen wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Where is the kernel source for FC 5 hidden, i downloaded
> > "kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.src.rpm" and built it but there is no
> > kernel-source amongst the kernels that come out.
> >
> > kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-kdump-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-xen0-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-xen0-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-xenU-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
>
> The kernel source is what these kernels were built from. It's in the
> src.rpm you downloaded. Once you've built the kernels, you don't need
> the source any more, so there's no point packaging it.
>
> If you want to make a custom kernel, try this:
> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/TweakKernelPackage
>
> Paul.
>
>
I don't get it. i am trying to install the nvidia drivers and it asks me for
the kernel source.
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