tyme Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 kernel-source is on the contrib mirrors (or in the updates if you got the updated kernel w/the LG cdrom fix). then he download the source rpm from the website (not sure exactly where that's at) and did: rpm --rebuild <nameofrpm>.src.rpm you'll probably have to do it as root, although there is a way to set it up to do it as a regular user but i've never done that and couldn't begin to explain it to you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDog Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 kernel-source is on the contrib mirrors (or in the updates if you got the updated kernel w/the LG cdrom fix). then he download the source rpm from the website (not sure exactly where that's at) and did: rpm --rebuild <nameofrpm>.src.rpm Wow, that was a fast reply, thank you! The kernel-source? What file is that? I downloaded from here: ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake/ Should I store the files somewhere spesial, or just in tmp? after the rmp --rebuild... is there anything more to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 on your link go into 9.2 and then into contrib, that's where you'll find it at. you can store the files anywhere (i always put them in ~/Downloads, a directory i created to save all the files i download in until i don't need 'em anymore). after the rpm --rebuild you'll find the rebuild rpm in...oh crap, where was that...*goes to hunt it down* /usr/lib/rpm/i386-linux i think (or one of the other *-linux directories in /usr/lib/rpm). we here at mandrakeusers.org are proud of our fast replies :) but that does sort of indicate that we have to much time on our hands ;) (or maybe that there's always someone here willing to help...yeah, that's it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDog Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Holy crap... there where a lot of kernel files there, do you know wich one I need? I just have the standard mdk 9.2 installation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 what the duce? ha! those tricky bastards moved it...here ya go: Linkage (they must have put it on the retai/public downloadl cd's so they moved it to that directory...it wasn't on the club member download cd's i got before...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDog Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Thanks dude! I've downloaded it now, will try it tomorrow or on tuesday, it's getting late up here. I'm really looking forward to getting my shuttle back online... I'll post back here on how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXP Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 (edited) Sorry, have been busy installing MD 9.1 on another PC (not filled in at my sig yet), so I'm a little late with my reply. Did you succeed or do you still need help. If so, here are the steps I followed: first find out your kernel version, open a terminal and type: uname -r This will give something like 2.4.22-....mdk, (sorry, I'm runnng MD 9.1 on my new machine) Go to the mirror where you downloaded MD 9.2 and look for the right kernel-source, download this (doesn't matter where), if you are still in the terminal become su. Go to the dir where you saved the kernel-source and type: urpmi kernel-source 2.4.22-.....mdk. After this is finished download the NVIDIA_nforce....src.rpm Still in the terminal as su type: rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_nforce.....src.rpm A lot of info will pass your screen, when it is finished, look for a line like "wrote /urs/...... Go to that dir and there you will find the rebuild NVIDIA_nforce...rpm Type rpm -ivh NVIDIA_nforce........rpm After this go to the mandrake configuration and configure your network! If it doesn't work I will help you on my other machine running MD 9.2 (so I can be more specific) Good luck :P Edited November 23, 2003 by NeoXP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDog Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Thank you guys, I'm now online with my mdk9.2 I was really easy once I'd downloaded the kernel from tyme's link and after following NeoXP's good how-to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXP Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Glad I was able to help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counterspy Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I have a K7N2 Delta model MS 6570 and had no trouble installing with the N-Force chipset. I have a D-Link NIC card connected to my D-Link DI-704P router, a TI4200 Nvidia Video Card and a Sound Blaster 5.1 sound card. Memory is 2 512 Mb. DDR 400 with an XP24000 CPU. I have disabled the onboard equivalents of the above cards and have had no trouble with the Nvidia N-Force chipset. I did have trouble with 9.1 getting on line and that is when I switched to Red Hat 9.0. My only problem now is with no sound and I suspect that is just a matter of proper configuration. I would go ahead and try the 9.2 install with the caveats rasied bu others firmly burned into my brain watching out for anything that goes amiss. Counterspy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Ermmm Sorry still 9.1 BUT its still relevant. Any of the regualrs know i had stability problems over the last months. To be honest I expect uptimes of months and only changes of kernel or moving house usually interupt. However I had lots of unexplained lockups. My rpm installed nfroce drivers refused to load woith my modded kernel (K7 optimised and 4Gb mem ONLY) I was loading by hand each time (with a insmod /usr/src/.../nvnet.o just to get networking BUT stupid me. when it runs the modprobe periodically it removes it as unused and when it tries to use it again it loads (or tries to) the faulty one. After copying my self compiled nvnet.o into the right place in /lib/modules/kernel/net/ everything is FINE again!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimiKiri Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Wow, You people are awesome... Linux noob here and after reading the first few posts I thought I was going to have to find another version of linux... but with your easy instructions I was up and running in no time at all THANK YOU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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