Kernel Build

[Lonni J Friedman]

An SRPM has no architecture, its just the source.  You need the
kernel-devel or kernel RPM.  See
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/5/i386/

On 8/17/06, Joe W. Byers <Joe-Byers at utulsa.edu> wrote:
> Where can I find the matching rpm?  I looked on Fedora's and pbone's
> websites but could not find 586 or  2.6.15 source rpm's.
>
> Thank you
> Joe
>
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > You're likely hitting one of two problems:
> > 0) The default, original FC5 kernel does not allow non-GPL'd symbols.
> > I don't think ndiswrapper is GPL's but I could be wrong
> > 1) There's a bug in FC5 where the kernel and kernel-devel RPMs that
> > get installed end up being mixed incorrectly, where you get i586 of
> > the kernel and i686 of the kernel-devel (of vice versa).  You need to
> > manually install the matching RPM.
> >
> > On 8/17/06, Joe Byers <joe-byers at utulsa.edu> wrote:
> >> I could use some help.  I have an old HP Pavillion 6300 with and AMD K6
> >> 366 processor.  My fedora version is 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 with uname - as
> >> i586
> >>
> >> My first problem was trying to get my Dell 1180 Wireless USB adapter to
> >> work.  Compiling ndiswrapper kept returning vermagic error and version
> >> errors.  Dmesg said module struct mismatch.  Trying to modprobe with -f
> >> locked the computer.
> >>
> >>  From this problem I tried to compile my kernel with the K6 processor
> >> option and 4K buffer option off.  Because, the src files from fedora had
> >> the 686 option selected.  When I reboot I get multiple insmod errors for
> >> various XXX.ko modules, it can't find dev/misc, and others which causes
> >> a kernel panic.  It does find the LVM partitions but can't seem to
> >> access them.
> >>
> >> I can not list all the output because the machine has no internet
> >> connection and I have to switch to my other computers to search the
> >> internet and post messages.  So please forgive for not posting the
> >> various error dumps.
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >> Joe
> >>
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