newbie need help

[cubes]

hi there!

when i try to run make command i get an error saying /lib/module/2.6.26.6-49.fc8/build No such file or directory found.

i checked that directory /lib/module/2.6.26.6-49.fc8/ build and source are in red. what does that mean?

i don't know what to do. need your help.

thanks.

[danielsmw]

The color scheme depends on your implementation and any customization that's been done, but it might indicate a broken link in this case. That would explain why the files can't be found. If you run

ls -l /lib/module/2.6.26.6-49.fc8/build

If these are links, can you tell where they're supposed to be pointing to? If not, is there anything else we can find out about these files?

[cubes]

here's the output of that command:


[root@)*\377 ~]# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.26.6-49.fc8
total 1908
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2008-12-04 15:46 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.6-49.fc8-i686
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-10-18 04:10 extra
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2008-12-04 15:46 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 391521 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1542 2008-10-18 04:10 modules.block
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 322050 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13083 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1716 2008-10-18 04:10 modules.networking
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.ofmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64025 2008-10-18 04:10 modules.order
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 274100 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1051 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.seriomap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156195 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 560203 2008-12-04 15:48 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2008-12-04 15:46 source -> build
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-10-18 04:10 updates
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-04 15:46 vdso
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-10-18 04:10 weak-updates


why didn't it build when the kernel was updated? is this a common problem?

thanks for your help.

[digvijay.gahlot]

The Fedora distribution does not install source (kernel header) files,
as seen in the port you have Fedora Core 8 installed.
Check for kernel-headers for Fedora 8 on internet.

[jmadero]

Just go into the package manager and search for linux header install the newest one. Ubuntu doesn't have the preinstalled either