kernel source

[Frank-Michael Fischer]

Mark Panen wrote:
>
>
> On 4/22/06, *Paul Howarth* <paul at city-fan.org
> <mailto: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
>     <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.
Just install kernel-devel. It gives you the kernel headers, that's all
nvidia needs.

FMF