> Ben Collins wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 03:52:17AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I have just switched from RH to debian, and in the process of > >> trying to compile nvidia and creative drivers have discovered that > >> the kernel source was not installed. (Due to the fact that the > >> drivers could not find moduleversions.h) Is this the usual behavior > >> for Debian installs, or did I miss something? > >> > >> Regardless, how should I get the kernel source installed and in synch > >> with my current kernel? Will "apt-get source kernel" do the trick? If > >> so will I then just need to do a "make dep" to allow me to build the > >> drivers? (I am yet to do a kernel re-compile, so I am a little bit > >> green in these matters ATM) > > > > If all you need are headers to compile against then: > > > > apt-get install kernel-headers-2.2.17 > > > > If you want full source, then: > > > > apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17 > > Hello, I just set up a new potato box for my friend, and we were trying to > compile his linksys ethernet card driver from source, and ran into the same > problem (can't find moduleversions.h). I ran `apt-get install > kernel-source-2.2.17` and still no moduleversions.h. Does anyone know what's > going on with that? It looks like it was looking in the right place. I > decompressed the source, made a link from /usr/src/linux, and everything. > > Thanks. > -samuel > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > once you have the source installed, I believe you then need to "make dep" (in the kernel directory) I think this will create the moduleversions.h file (at least thats what the creative driver error said when I tried to build it).
HTH (and I hope it works for me tonight) Barney
