[oclug] Sound

[Asad Quraishi]

I had exactly the same error when trying to install alsa sound drivers 
for my redhat 8 distro.  I have the kernel source in /usr/src/linux and 
have applied the 2.4.21 patch.  Made no difference.  What is the 
version.h file for?

- Asad

Brian Barber wrote:

>The latest version is 2.4.21.  Why don't you download that and give it a shot?  While you're at it, download Bart T's kernel building/compiling reference card? (http://www.jukie.net/~bart/slides/)  It's a great reference.
>
>Cheers,
>BB
>
>On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:54:56 -0400 (EDT)
>Victor Schitka <victorschitka at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>>    
>>
><snip>
>  
>
>>checking for directory with kernel source...
>>/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/build
>>checking for kernel version... The file
>>/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/build/include/linux/version.h
>>does not exist.
>>Please, install the package with full kernel sources
>>for your distribution
>>or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another
>>directory with kernel
>>sources (default is /usr/src/linux).
>>
>>I went to install the drivers. But I keep getting this
>>error message. 
>>    
>>

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