On 8/25/05, Teilhard Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suppose you want to compile your drivers for your wireless adapter, which is > what I actually want to do. If I am not mistaken, I need a build symbolic > link in "uname -r" to the kernel-source, and I need a linux symbolic link > from /usr/src where to the kernel source too, which also resides there. > > Now, uname -r is for me: 2.6.8-2-686-smp, and the kernel source for a 2.6.8 > in the distribution only is found with Debian version 16 (2.6.8-16). Are the > kernel source and my kernel compatible? > > Well, I am a newbie in Debian, and I am translating the little I know about > Mandrake. First think that called my attention was that after a fresh > install of Debian, the directory /usr/src, was empty. > > I would appreciate any help you can give me to compile my drivers. And yes, > I have Googled but without luck.
apt-get install module-assistant m-a prepare That'll install the right kernel headers for you.