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[Paul Howarth]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 16:29, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 15:59, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 13:07, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>>>>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This problem has come up in relation to a bunch of out-of-tree kernel
>>>>>> drivers since FC6 was released. The linux/config.h header file no
>>>>>> longer exists and is not needed. You should be able to just delete the
>>>>>> source line in the driver that references it (gspca_core.c line 36 I
>>>>>> think).
>>>>> OK - removed it, and make continued, apparently succeeding.  However,
>>>>> attempting install gives me
>>>>>
>>>>> install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname
>>>>> -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ install: target
>>>>> `/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/usb/media/' is not a
>>>>> directory: No such file or directory
>>>>>
>>>>> Do I simply create this directory?
>>>> You could do, or you could install it into
>>>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/extra/ or maybe
>>>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/
>>> I'm out of my depth, here, Paul.  Part of the makefile reads
>>>
>>> MODULE_INSTALLDIR =
>>> /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
>>> MODULE_INSTALLDIR2
>>> = /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/kernel/drivers/media/video/
>>>
>>> default:
>>> 	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) CC=$(CC) modules
>>>
>>> install:
>>> 	mkdir -p $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)
>>> 	rm -f $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)spca5xx.ko
>>> 	rm -f $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR2)gspca.ko
>>> 	install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)
>>> 	/sbin/depmod -ae
>>>
>>> Should I edit the MODULE_INSTALLDIR	to match the MODULE_INSTALLDIR2?  I
>>> would have thought that they wouldn't have defined two separate ones if
>>> they could both go in the same one.
>>>
>>> Sorry to sound naive - I am ;-)
>> I'd suggest changing the /usb/media in MODULE_INSTALLDIR to
>> /media/video/usbvideo
>>
> OK - last hurdle, I hope:
> 
> *** The "rpmbuild" program is not in your PATH!
> 
> This is root, of course.  I've found 
> 
> usr/lib/librpmbuild-4.4.so
> 
> so how do I append it to root's path?   I'm sure I should know this, but I 
> just can't remember.

Um, what are you trying to do now? You don't need rpmbuild to build a 
kernel module. Have you moved on to something else now>

Don't build RPMs as root anyway. You'll need the rpm-build package and 
then you can build them as a regular user.
http://www.city-fan.org/tips/CreateRPMBuildEnvironment

Paul.