On Thursday 04 March 2004 19:40, CW Harris wrote: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 09:47:38AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > On 2004-03-04, Richard Lyons penned: > > > Another really dim question coming up... > > > > > > I'm trying to install thinkpad drivers for Debian. Instructions > > > say to unpack the thinkpad.tar.gz (no problem there) and then to > > > "cd to the root of the source tree for the kernel for which you > > > want to compile modules, e.g., /usr/src/linux. Run 'make-kpkg > > > --rootcmd=fakeroot modules-image'..." I innocently assumed the > > > root of the source tree would be /usr/src/linux-2.4.22. But when > > > I do 'make-kpkg modules-image', I get: > > > "We do not seem to be in a top level linux kernel source > > > directory tree..." > > > So I am evidently wrong. I tried installing (via aptitude) the > > > kernel-source-2.4.22 package, and also > > > kernel-headers-2.4.22-xfs-386, but that didn't help. > > > > > > Can someone kindly tell me what is meant by "the root of the > > > source tree"? > > The top level directory of the kernel source. E.g. > /usr/src/linux-2.4.22/ or /home/me/src/linux-2.4.25/
That means it ought to be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.22, as there is no ~/src directory. It is a new install of Mepis, so perhaps Mepis has configured things oddly. But how do I find the correct location? What is in it that make-kpkg is looking for. I could use locate to find it if I knew what it wanted. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
