General Support - getting kernel sources for the the 2.6.17.7-slh-up-1 HK-47 - 29.07.2006, 00:02 Uhr Titel: getting kernel sources for the the 2.6.17.7-slh-up-1
so, i used h2's script to get the latest kernel (great script, btw). everything went well, except that i couldn't get the sources for it for some reason. running install-kernel-source-vanilla.sh fails, saying that there is no source available for the currently-running kernel, so i can't reinstall the nvidia drivers.
any ideas? thanks!
EvNu - 29.07.2006, 00:20 Uhr Titel: RE: getting kernel sources for the the 2.6.17.7-slh-up-1
There is a small script inside of the unzipped kernel package named slh-source.sh . You can use this to download the sources. ( i hope i am not mislead )
EvNu
Kano - 29.07.2006, 00:21 Uhr Titel: RE: getting kernel sources for the the 2.6.17.7-slh-up-1
You never (!) need the kernel source for nvidia drivers. Use
make-kernel-links
to fix your install. Be sure the linux-headers package is installed.
HK-47 - 29.07.2006, 06:55 Uhr Titel: RE: getting kernel sources for the the 2.6.17.7-slh-up-1
thanks, EvNu and Kano! my system is now back up and running.
wow, i've installed nvidia drivers many times before and i never realized that only the headers are needed. i guess you learn something new everyday. i downloaded the kernel source anyway just in case i need it for anything else (the slh-source.sh script worked).
DeepDayze - 29.07.2006, 15:40 Uhr Titel: RE: getting kernel sources for the the 2.6.17.7-slh-up-1
I had that same problem before...kano's tip works great and a good thing to remember when you upgrade a kernel
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