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Re: mising ~/include/linux/version.h 686-bigmem



On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:44:14AM -0800, Greg Madden wrote:
> I am using 32bit Lenny.  I added more memory ,I wanted to use the 686-bigmem 
> kernel. 
> 
> The Nvidia package install, from nvidia's site, complains about missing the 
> version.h file. 

  http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem/filelist

does show

  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem/include/linux/version.h

> 
> Searching I found the solution was to install the kernel source and do a 'make 
> oldconfig' with the .config file from the bigmem kernel.This works but I 
> haven't had to do this with the stock 686 kernel & headers so I was wondering 
> if it is a Debian header issue for the 686-bigmem kernel.

I suspect that this is a bug with the nVidia script.

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