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[Paul Howarth]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 23:12, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>> Do you have a matching kernel and kernel-devel?  More than a few
>> people have been bitten by having an i586 kernel and i686
>> kernel-devel.
>>
>> rpm -q --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' kernel{,-devel}
>>
> Oops - you're right.
> 
> kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i586
> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686
> 
> So I guess I remove kernel-devel then install a specifically-numbered 
> kernel-devel.
> 
> Right - done that, got the link fixed, but still 'make' gives me
> 
> make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build 
> SUBDIRS=/home/anne/Downloads/gspcav1-20060925 CC=cc modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i586'
>   CC [M]  /home/anne/Downloads/gspcav1-20060925/gspca_core.o
> /home/anne/Downloads/gspcav1-20060925/gspca_core.c:36:26: error: 
> linux/config.h: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [/home/anne/Downloads/gspcav1-20060925/gspca_core.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/anne/Downloads/gspcav1-20060925] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i586'

This problem has come up in relation to a bunch of out-of-tree kernel 
drivers since FC6 was released. The linux/config.h header file no longer 
exists and is not needed. You should be able to just delete the source 
line in the driver that references it (gspca_core.c line 36 I think).

Paul.