Re: Dumb question, I'm sure.. Regarding Kernel Source
--- Jimmy Liang <jimmy@skynetusa.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm fairly new to Debian, and linux in general, so
> pardon my question..
> I've installed Sarge onto my IBM laptop, and I'm
> trying to install Cisco's
> VPN Client software.
> During the installation, its asking for the kernel
> source location. I've
> checked the /usr/src directory, and its empty.
> Fine, so I started up aptitude, and grabbed the
> 2.4.27 kernel source. Did
> a make, and make deb, and resumed the VPN Client
> install.
> It went fine, no problems during the install, until
> I tried to start up
> the VPN service.
> It said that the VPN service was compiled for the
> 2.4.27 kernel, but I was
> running 2.4.27-1-386 kernel.
>
> So.. my question is... I can't seem to find that
> source for 2.4.27-1-386
> on apt... can anyone offer any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
Well the kernel for which you are looking for the
sources is the default that comes with debian. What I
can recomend you is compile the kernel for which you
download the source with the same configuration of the
kernel that you have installed right now, and then
compile your VPN software, I had a problem like yours
when I try to compile a driver for a wireless card so,
what I did was recompile the kernel, then use
make-kpkg to make a *.deb pakcage, install the new
kernel and finaly compile the driver and it works
fine.
I did not find the sources for 2.6.8-1-386 in my case,
I download 2.6.8 sources and following the steps
above.
I think you can also work around this changing the
version in some place of the source from 2.4.27 to
2.4.27-1-386 but I do not know where to make this
change.
I really hope this help you.
Regards.
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Sergio Basurto J.
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shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton)
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