Re: No sound with Intel ICH8 (Realtek 268 chip)

["Andrew Parker" <andrewparker bigfoot com>]

On 10/7/07, Christopher Brown <snecklifter gmail com> wrote:
> On 06/10/2007, Andrew Parker <andrewparker bigfoot com> wrote:
> > On 10/6/07, antonio montagnani <antonio montagnani gmail com> wrote:
> > > 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 /lib/modules/2.6.23-0.217.rc9.git1.fc8/source)
> > >
> > > Where do I get the source in F8T3???
> >
> > yum install kernel-devel.
>
> Andrew  thats not quite right. kernel-devel are only the development
> libraries for the kernel, not the sources. For the kernel source you need to
> do the following:
>
> # yum install yum-utils
> yumdownloader --source kernel
> # rpm -ivh kernel-whatevertheversionis.src.rpm

Ah, you live and learn...  I used to do that, but for some reason I
started doing the kernel-devel a while back and that has served my
needs.  It works in this instance too, but yes, you're right if you
want all the sources your way is the way to go.