I'm not able to install kernel source.
Should I install kernel-devel package also?
Please help.

The following shows the commands used:

# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.src.rpm
warning: kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.src.rpm: Header V3 DSA
signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
1:kernel
########################################### [100%]

# rpmbuild -bp --target=(uname -m)
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.15


# rpm -q kernel-source
package kernel-source is not installed


# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5

Thanks
Shamju Joseph

do a
yum install kernel-devel

Nope, it is spelled out in the release notes;

cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec

This is normal and expected, source rpm files are not really installed in the same manner as a binary rpm packages.

Yep, see above. The release notes section for this;

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/releas...ISO/#sn-Kernel

Thank you for the reply.

Hi, i'm quite new with linux...

i just installed an upgraded kernel for fc5, using
yum install kernel-devel
and yum install kernel

when i use this command: rpm -q kernel i get kernel-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 but when i use this command

uname -r i still get 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp
. how do i rectify this

you'd want to boot into the other kernel and try the uname -a command.
you have installed it, but on a reboot you should choose the newer kernel.

Thanks a lot.

there is also another error i'm encountering while running a make install for libpri
it says: #...then restorecon -v /usr/lib/libpri.so.1.0; fi
/bin/sh: restorecon: command not found

how do i solve that

are you installing this with root priv?
if not do that and it should work.
or trying using
yum install libpri

yes i am; i use #su
and then typed the password; but i'm still having same error

hi there,
im having problems with fresh install of fc5...
have to install somehow rt2500 (wireless card) to get access to the internet and thats a bit of a pain...
im sure that card works fine with ndiswrapper or even native drivers but i cant install any cos after "make" command im getting error that kernel sources are not found in place where system points to it. i've installed somehow (from rpm) kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm wich i've downloaded via windoze but im stuck...

how to point to proper sources (and where are thay by defalut-coz it seems like i cant find em) during compilation, or make a ln to it or anything..

pls dont make me sit on this os..
gotta get this card working - than it should be smooth.

If you are working off of a package-based distro, like Red Hat, then kernel source (and kernel development tools) are not strictly necessary, since you are not building the kernel from source. The kernel that is provided in your distro might not exactly match the supplied source-code (and configuration options, etc...) anyway.

By choosing to use a "stock" distro, you're relying upon the good folks at Red Hat to supply you with what you need. Which they do a good job of...

thx for reply but i cant execute "make" command to build rt2500 drivers or at least ndiswrapper to get my wifi working, becouse kernel sources are in some other place than program think they are...
when im trying to intall again kernel-devel pkg form rpm it says that its already installed.