kernel-devel

Hello,

I am trying to compile some sources. I keep getting an error message that i need the kernel-devel packages.
I have done yum install kernel-devel and it is downloaded but it is a different kernel than the one listed under uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.23.9lw #105 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 27 18:56:59 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel-devel
kernel-devel-2.6.26.8-57.fc8

does anyone know how i can compile from source?

many thanks

 

Try this link:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-linuxcompiling-i.html

It may be somewhat dated, but it has some good information in it.

Good luck.

 

as your running linpus you need to download the kernel source and kernel-devel from acer, the kernel devel you downloaded is from a fedora 8 repo

 

does anybody know where i can download the kernel source and kernel-devel from acer,

 

it used to be on the acer ftp site but it's no longer there, which breaks the GPL, you should email them and complain that you need to be able to access the source for their botch of a distro or they need to stop using/distributing it!

phil

ps you only need the kernel source, as with that you can build the kernel-devel rpm as well as the kernel

 

Hi,

ftp://[email protected]/Aspire_O ... 23.9lw.zip

that's the kernel source provided by Acer

It's a slow server, the download often breaks so use wget -c to download and continue after every break of the download.

Siegfried

 

well isn't that funny, they removed it and the re-install/rescue dvd from the euro ftp server without any word, but at least the source is still available on the tw server for those who still use linpus, (which by the way is based on fedora 8 which has reached end of life and is no longer supported)

phil

 

Let's not. Considering there haven't been any live updates or new programs made available through the Acer One website for months they probably already are considering doing just that.

 

yeah looks like january 23rd was the last update to acer-linpus, which was just two weeks after fedora8 eol can you see the correlation? like i said previously for those who are capable moving to a newer distro is very much advised.

also as you can see they still have the source available so no breach of the gpl, even though it's hidden on it's own ftp server and isn't available on any of the regular acer ftp sites :roll:

phil