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[Robert Dege]

If you want to upgrade your kernel, it might be a better idea to download
the latest kernel source from ftp.kernel.org

I like to keep my RedHat kernels in a vanilla format & build custom, newer
kernels.  Redhat configures their kernel for all possible hardware
configs.  Then, when/if I add new hardware, I choose the stock kernel from
grub to see what modules kudzu uses to access the new hardware.

But that's just my method.

To build a new kernel, you "should" have to be in the /usr/src/linux
directory.  `make menuconfig` should work from there.  To use xconfig, you
a) need to be in XWindows and b) need "tk" installed.

If the Redhat kernel requires you to be in the /usr/sr/linux-2.4
directory.... eh, so be it.

-Rob

> I want to be able to do a make xconfig to bring up the kernel config gui. It wont let me becasue I have to be in the /usr/src/linux 2.4 dir. The Linux dirs dont show and the make xconfig dosent work.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Dege [mailto:rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 2:39 PM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: RE: your mail
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> You just need to verify that the rpm revision numbers match between the
> kernel & the kernel source rpm.  If they don't, the rpm won't let you
> install it anyways unless you specifically add --force to the rpm command.
>
> But if you're still using the stock kernel, then you should have no
> issues.
>
>
> -Rob
>
> > OK I think I need to install them. Can I install the source off the cd's?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Dege [mailto:rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 2:23 PM
> > To: Nflug (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: your mail
> >
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> >
> > You might need to install the kernel-source rpm.
> >
> > `rpm -qa | grep kernel` will tell you what kernel rpm's are currently
> > installed.
> >
> > Yes, it should be in /usr/src.  On a side note, Redhat likes to symlink
> > the kernel source to linux-2.4 instead of linux.  I would suggest adding a
> > softlink to linux as well, since not all opensource conforms to Redhat
> > methodology ;)
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > > Where are the kernel files kept in Redhat 8.0? I thought they were in /usr/src/ I cant find them.
> > >
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> >
> > Dege
> >
> > So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> > .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
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> Dege
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> So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
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Dege

So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
.... If They Weren't Happening To Me