[Wylug-help] Debian 3.1 & Kernel source

[Jim Jackson]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Kätzchen wrote:

> Hi!
> I recently purchased the 64bit Debian 3.1 disks from cheeplinux.  My problem is that in order to get my NVidia drivers to install I need the kernel source installed.
> I performed an apt-get install kernel-source and picked the 2.6 kernel from the list.  It seemed to install ok. (my apt sources just contain the dvds that I got and the debian security site).  I think the kernel source came from the disks.
> In the /usr/src folder I had the kernel source in a bz2 file.  I expanded it in /usr/src.
>
> After trying to install the drivers again, I used the ./configure parameter to point to the expanded kernelsource directory.
> Unfortunately it now complains about missing /include/linux/version.h.

I think you just need the kernel headers - so install the relevant
libc6-dev package. If that's not enough there is info in the Debian FAQ...

http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html

google is your friend.

cheers
Jim

>
> What am I missing?
>
> If you need anymore info please let me know.
>
> Kind regards
> Rachel