["Followup-To:" header set to gmane.linux.debian.user.] On 2005-05-16, DesScorp penned:
[snip] > So here's the problem; the instructions ask for the location of the > kernel source code, which should be /usr/src. There's nothing there, > and if I'm correct, only the kernel image itself (/boot/vmlinuz) is > present. Should I be looking somewhere else, or does Debian not > install kernel source? > > If that's normal, how should I proceed? When trying to apt-get the > same kernel version I already have, I get the "already have this > version" message. So can I simply go to kernel.org, pull down a > tarball of 2.4.27-1-386 and install the source in /usr/src for when I > need to compile something? That seems awfully....un-Debian like. And > I'd like to do it the Debian Way. Advice is appreciated. Well, I build my kernels myself, but no one else seems to have answered this, so I'll take a stab ... The package you're trying to grab is the pre-compiled kernel. In order to get the source, you want to get the kernel source package: http://packages.debian.org/testing/devel/kernel-source-2.4.27 I think (not sure) you need a deb-src line in your /etc/apt/sources.list, in addition to the deb line, to get that. However, I'm not sure you need the actual source in order to do what you're describing; I think you just need the header files, which you can get with a headers package: http://packages.debian.org/testing/base/kernel-headers-2.4-386 But first, are you absolutely sure that debian doesn't have a packaged driver for this stuff? A search on 2.4.27 got me this list of modules: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?version=testing&subword=1&exact=&arch=any&releases=all&case=insensitive&keywords=2.4.27&searchon=names -- monique Ask smart questions, get good answers: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
