what are kernel-headers?
this is only sort of in the same thread as my last post. I've learned
from another list that I can supposedly recompile the relevant nvidia
packages against "the kernel headers" instead of the kernel source.
Now, I've been trying for a while to figure out what 'kernel headers'
are. none of my linux books really says much about it, nor do I
understand what I've read so far on the linux documentation project.
What kind of informmation do the headers have? and how would I use
them to compile a module package?
thank you thank you thank you!
matt
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 05:53:50PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to install demudi on my woody amd k7 box, but in order to do so I have to re-roll
> my kernel, and it's giving my trouble. here's the situation:
>
> the demudi kernel is patched with: Posix capability; low-latency; and
> acpi.
> I need: full support for nvidia graphics; and usb input support (no
> serial or ps/2 ports on my box)
>
> so, I reinstalled the 21.4.18 source, the nvidia-kernel-src and
> nvidia-glx-src packages (I had to install nvidia once before). Then I
> installed kernel-patch-demudi, which in effect installs low-latency,
> "capability", and acpi patches.
>
> then I copied my old config file to /usr/src/linux/.config (after
> linking linux to kernel-source-2.4.18, of ocurse), and ran make
> menuconfig. The only settings I changed had to do with acpi power
> management (I turned it on) and latency control (turned it on too).
>
> then I followed the instructions for nvidia support (involves building
> and installing two packages)
>
> then I made a new grub entry in menu.lst and rebootead.
> After a couple of screwups, I got the system to boot and start X
> (Yay!). But for some reason USB is broken.
>
> So, question: does anyone know if any of these patches has knwon
> incompatibilities with usb support, or if they introduce new
> mouse/keyboard/usb options within config? If so, does anyone know
> what I shou
> ld do? I've looked through the options, and it seems to me that
> everything is checked about right... but I can't be 100l% sure.
>
> Another question: can modconf or modprobe change the de1fault status
> of a module for a kernel that _isn't currently running_? I was
> wondering whether the problem might be that the necessary modules
> aren't loading for some reason, but I 3don't know how I would fix
> that.
>
>
> thanks as usual!!!
> matt
>
>
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