Realtek Tarball install

[HTRegz]

Originally posted here by Scatman420
Friends,

I think I know what to do but I need my Kernels header (source) files! I have no idea where to obtain them and am very frustrated! Would someone help...

scat

Which distro? It's been a while but with mandrake and redhat you could go into the RPMS dir on the CD and find them in there...

[cheyenne1212]

what flavor of *nix are you running?

[Scatman420]

Redhat 9.0

[HTRegz]

Originally posted here by cheyenne1212
what flavor of *nix are you running?

First jag and now you, I'm being stalked by everyone

Scatman: Check yer RPMS folder and just install the rpm..

[cheyenne1212]

lol. I posted to late.

Since HT told you where to find the kernel, if you want to configure the kernel heres a great great link. It also goes on and tells you how to compile it.
http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how...elconfig.shtml

[Scatman420]

Where is this RPM's folder?

[HTRegz]

On the CD-Rom.. or at one of the distro sites... prolly i386/RPMS or something similar..

[Scatman420]

Ok people....I've got the src.rpm file but when i click on it nothing happens. So naturally I try to do it from the command like and still nothing! Perhaps I'm a a big *****in' noob....What is the command for installing this rpm!?

scat

[IKnowNot]

( by the way, you may want the kernel-source-2.4.whatever.rpm, NOT whatever.src.rpm .. that is for kernel hacking, which I do not think you are ready for )


BEFORE you install it, you said you are runnung RH 9.0 ... but have you installed any updates yet?


if not, try

man rpm

something like

rpm -ivh kernel-source-*

should install the kernel source if in the same directory ( should install the source to /usr/src/ ).

If you have updated the kernel ( there are new kernel updates at Red Hat ; you will need the same kernel source as the one installed.

Try
rpm -qa | grep kernel
to see what you have installed

If you need to update the kernel, please read Upgrading the Linux Kernel on Red Hat Linux systems
and
The Linux Kernel HOWTO

[HTRegz]

You are actually looking for kernel-headers*.rpm. Make sure you are looking on the CD/Red Hat distro site. If you are on rpmfind.net make sure the kernel versions match. Then run

rpm -Uvh kernel-headers*.rpm