griptypethyne

Yes. That can happen if you have installed some other devel stuff.

The only thing I have installed is the586ep moden rpm.

I downloaded the 2.4.22 kernel rpm.

When I ran it I received the message

"Failed Dependancies. ncurses-devel is needed by kernel-source"

I assume that I need to download and install another file?

You can download it here: ftp://194.199.20.114/linux/Mandrake/9.2/i...-10mdk.i586.rpm

Thanks for the quick reply. I started downloading the file but then killed it when I realised that it was 586 not 686. I am sure that I wrote the name down correctly but I suppose that Ishould boot linux and check.

I had a look through the directories on the site and I could not see any 686 files.

I obtained Mandrake 9.2 disks a week ago and have made very good progress *excett* for my 586ep modem ( I know, I should buy an external modem).

After much research I discovered that I needed to install the kernel source. I located the files on the CD and installed them but still could not compile the driver.

After more digging I discoved that the kernel source was not included on the 9.2 CD. Therefore I need to find and download the source.

The kernel is 2.4.22-10mdk-i686-up-4GB

The only reference I could find to files of this type was on the cooker ftps. Problem is I assume that cooker is a linux program and as I do not have a woring moden under linuz I connect to the net via Windows. I tried clicking on the mirror links but received error messages.

So, my questions are:

(a) Where can I get the kernel source from, remembering that I connect to the net using Windows?

(B) Does the source go directly in /usr/src or in /usr/src/kernel-version?

© I have downloaded a linux-2.4.22 version but it is not identical. Would it be easier if I downloaded a version newer than 2.4, recompiled, and then compiled the driver?

(d) When I boot lilo list additional versions, obviously from source I have tried installing, but I do not understand how the entries got there. SElecting one of them resulted in another kernel being uncompressed.

Any h elp would be appreciated.

Thanks.