Darkelve Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 (edited) as i dont know how to do it myself as it keeps saying i dont have the kernel header files.. nice screenshot btw As bvc says, you probably do not have the kernel-source installed. I had the same problem. Get the kernel-SOURCE file from one of the mirrors, should be on the one you got your iso's from in one of the folders above (I incidentally downloaded the kernel srpm itself at first ) Also, before you start, might be a good idea to look at this first, then practice on a dummy file: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=4473 As for the screenshots, thanks. I love it! It's easy on the eyes, even though there's a bit of glitter. But I don't mind a bit of glitter ;) Edited November 19, 2003 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Graeme43 Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 (edited) I'm scared if i do anything ill break my linux but I'm really desperate to try and switch to it from windows.. windows is annoying furious3 im just left with sound and nvidia drivers for mandrake linux 9.2 i havent downloaded a kernel source hmm once this install is going fine im KEEPING it fine ive installed nvidia drivers in redhat before but now i cant do it as fx 5600 is not supported.. but im not using redhat anymore btw do you know how to change lilo to boot mandrake as deafult as i set it to winblows just incase of linux not working Edited November 19, 2003 by Graeme43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I'm scared if i do anything ill break my linux but I'm really desperate to try and switch to it from windows.. windows is annoying furious3 im just left with sound and nvidia drivers for mandrake linux 9.2 i havent downloaded a kernel source >>> you should hmm once this install is going fine im KEEPING it fine ive installed nvidia drivers in redhat before but now i cant do it as fx 5600 is not supported.. but im not using redhat anymore >>> if it worked in redhat with this card it'll work in mdk. it depends on nvidia supporting linux drivers for their cards not the distros. Check the nvidia website to see for sure if you don't think drivers are available btw do you know how to change lilo to boot mandrake as deafult as i set it to winblows just incase of linux not working >>> edit /etc/lilo.conf and change the line that says default= to the label that mdk has. If this confuses you just post your /etc/lilo.conf and i'l show you the changes to make i hate the new quotes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Graeme, you are going to have to install the kernel source; your .run file works fine, it just wants to compile since the built-in precompiled binaries don't match the kernel you are using. So with uname -r you get to see which kernel you are running, then you are going to have to download those from a contrib mirror; if you have set up your sources properly, you can also do urpmi kernel-source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Graeme43 Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 [root@cpc3-kirk1-3-0-cust193 graeme43]# uname -r 2.4.22-10mdk [root@cpc3-kirk1-3-0-cust193 graeme43]# urpmi kernel-source no package named kernel-source thats what it says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Graeme43, then you are going to have to download those from a contrib mirror; if you have set up your sources properly, you can also dourpmi kernel-source kernel-source is NOT on the cd's. It has to be downloaded separately. The easiest way IMO is to uname -r find the kernel-source version that closely matches the running kernel>download to a dir>cd /to/dir>ls (to see it's there)>rpm -ivh>drag mouse over kernel-source-x.x.x-xx.i586.rpm>thumb-click or middle-click to get rpm -ivh kernel-source-x.x.x-xx.i586.rpm and hit Enter. just like upgrading the kernel. Well, that's how I do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 (edited) You can do it! Hell, if I can do it, anybody can! ;) and if it does fail after all... well bummer, I think we've all gone through reinstalls in the beginning. 30 minutes, that's not too hard... I mean it's not the end of the world if you've got no important data. If you do, back up. Darkelve Edited November 20, 2003 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Graeme43 Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 (edited) Thanks guys.. My Mandrake 9.2 is fully working and running I couldnt of done it myself :lol: ( can now ) sound, video, internet.. everything works.. just now i need a nice blue theme or one that is easier to see Edited November 21, 2003 by Graeme43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostman Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Hmmm. I just re-installed 9.2 and I'm having a hell of a time getting my drivers to install. I d/l the source and just double clicked it while logged in as root. But when I log out of X and try to run the driver .run file it says that I have an invalid source header and won't install them. It worked on a previous install just fine. I got the correct source RPM for my kernel. 2.4.22-10. Any ideas why it's not working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyFr Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Could you give us the site where to get the RPM file. for the Nvidia (Graphic card) Thanks SunnyFr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 as root in a terminal, what does rpm -q kernel-source say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostman Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Could you give us the site where to get the RPM file. for the Nvidia (Graphic card) Thanks SunnyFr The rpm I was refering to was for the kernel source. The Nvidia driver is the .run file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 but is it really installed?...is what I was trying to verify. Dbl-click gui/kde doesn't always work with kernel stuff, though it acts like it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostman Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 I've installed it via the console and by double clicking and KDE says it's installed, but the console does not when I type rpm -q. Is there something I'm missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 :o not if you installed via terminal. It should show in a terminal. This is SuSE9 but works the same for me in ML9.2 linux:~ # rpm -q kernel-source kernel-source-2.4.21-144 linux:~ # Do you have a /usr/src/linux? linux:~ # ls /usr/src/linux . Config.in README Rules.modules drivers ipc mm .. Documentation README.SuSE abi fs kdb net COPYING MAINTAINERS REPORTING-BUGS arch include kernel scripts CREDITS Makefile Rules.make crypto init lib sound linux:~ # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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