On 4/22/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, headers are sufficient, they contain all the necessary header > files to compile against the kernel, hence the name. However make is > looking for them in /usr/src/linux, but they are not there. > > You can > > a) symlink /usr/src/linux/ to your headers > /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` > > b) call > KSRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` make > > The error message from make explains this well I think. > > The disadvantage of a is that you need to change your symlink when you > change your kernel, or make will succeed, but the module will be for > the wrong kernel. > > The disadvantage of b is remembering to do it everytime.
Thanks for the response. I used method b. > P.S. when I read your mails they are all on one line making it very > difficult to read, and I sometimes give up part way through. It > appears my mail server converts from base64 to 8bit before I get them, > and this may be the cause. I would appreciate it if you would check > your setup to make sure you are sending well formatted mails. I am using gmail web interface. I do not know how this happens and how to avoid it? I will be thankful if I am advised how to go about it? -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042
