kernel source and nVidia drivers - Start Over

[Kam Leo]

On 1/15/06, Bob Hartung <rwhart at mchsi.com> wrote:
> Note: in earlier posts, yum update kernel-devel downloaded and installed
> 1.6.14-14xx rather then 1656.  It took me a long time to figure this out.
>
> Problem:  updated to kernel-2.6.14-1.1656 and can't get nVidia drivers
> compiled.
>
> Downloaded kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.src.rpm and installed with rpm -Uvh
>
> cd'd to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
>
>   ran rpmbuild -bp --target $(arch) kernel-2.6.spec
>
>   copied the resulting linux-2.6.14 subdirectory to /usr/src and made a
> sym link 'linux' to /usr/src/linux-2.6.14
>
>   tried to again build the nVidia driver by running:
>      NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run
>
>   this again failed saying that /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel.h
> was not installed, but it is.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks for putting up with this!
>
> Bob
>

Why do you feel compelled to compile the Nvidia driver. Use the
packages from LIVNA, http://rpm.livna.org/ . Enable the repo for yum
and be done.