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

[Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net>]

On Monday 21 June 2010 03:55:57 Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> 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/fil
>elist
>
> 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.

It may be my mistake. I have a link from some kernel-headers for a kernel I 
use for an older version of vmware. The headers were linked 
to '/usr/src/linux', wrong headers compared to the new running kernel , wrong 
version.h file.  

I suppose nvidia's script looked at the '/usr/src/linux/...' path instead of 
the matching linux-header path for the running kernel.

-- 
Peace,

Greg