On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 07:18, Douglas, Stuart wrote: > Thanks again, Mike, but I think this IS a catch-22... > > It seems I can't make the module without the kernel, and I can't install > the kernel without the module. > > I'm running on kernel 2.4-18-14 and tried making the module after only > installing the most recent kernel-source package (2.4.18-27.8.0), but it > runs off this long litany of error messages. I then tried installing > the most recent kernel package (2.4.18-27.8.0), thinking I could then > successfully make the new module before rebooting, but the kernel install > errors out due to the lacking module. > > Unless you have some more brilliance to share with me, I think I'm done > and will have to wait on the vendor to release the properly compiled > driver. > > Thanks for all your help, regardless of how doomed or not I am. > > Stuart
I don't understand why the kernel would have a dependency on a module. I forget what kind of module it is you want to build. Are you installing the kernel source from an RPM? If the module is the only problem, why not just "rpm -i --force ..."? -- David Hollister Furthurnet - Free, legal P2P - share the tunes: http://furthurnet.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
