Updating kernel source with yum, How?

[Rick Stevens]

Graeme Nichols wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 04:00, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>>Graeme Nichols wrote:
>>
>>>Hello All,
>>>
>>>Could somebody please tell me what the keyword is to update the kernel
>>>source using yum please. I have tried 'yum update kernel source', 'yum
>>>update kernel-source' and 'yum update kernel-src' but with no luck.
>>>
>>>Yes, I know, dumb question time again... but please be kind.
>>
>>"yum update kernel-source" should work, but only if you have the
>>kernel source installed in the first place.  Remember that "update" only
>>updates packages you have installed.  If you must install it first, try
>>"yum install kernel-source".
> 
> 
> Hello Rick, many thanks. I used 'yum install kernel-source' and got the
> response 'kernel-source already installed and the latest version' or
> words to that effect. I know that the 2.6.8-1.521 source was not
> installed when I upgraded the kernel because of the short time upgrading
> to that version. I googled for the source and downloaded
> kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm and 'installed' it (rpm -ivh
> kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm). It installed in the blink of an eye and I
> cannot find where it is. 'find / -name linux-2.6.8-1.521' comes up with
> nothing.

There was a glitch in the FC2 name tree and the kernel source RPM for
that release didn't make it into the right spot--it got put in the
"noarch" tree.  A "yum install kernel-source*" may grab it (note the
"*" at the end)

Installing via RPM should have put the source in
/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521

> The reason I wanted to install the source is to try and get alsa
> working. Upgrading to the above kernel clobbered my sound so I thought
> that moving to alsa would be the go.

Uh, kernel 2.6 uses ALSA by default.

> Perhaps you can steer me in the right direction. As far as I understand
> the alsa drivers are part of the 2.6 kernels. FC2 has alsa-utils-1.0.3
> and alsa-libs-1.0.3 installed. How the heck do I get alsa working. My
> sound is onboard 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller.
> modprobe.conf has sndintel8x0 as the driver, which is correct but I
> can't get sound working. Do I need to install alsa-driver-1.0.3? (I
> tried but it won't compile) or is there some config file I need to set
> up?

First, are the drivers loaded?  Does "lsmod" show them as loaded?

If the drivers are loaded, have you tried opening up the volume control
to see if all of the sliders are up?  Right-click on the speaker icon on
the menubar or select "RedHatIcon->Sound & Video->Volume Control".

If the drivers aren't loaded, try "system-config-soundcard" and see if
the system spots your card.
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