Updating kernel source with yum, How?
Graeme Nichols
gnichols at tpg.com.au
Thu Oct 14 05:23:50 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 03:01, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Graeme Nichols wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 02:56, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >
> >>Graeme Nichols wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 07:32, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >>>
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >>>Hello Rick, an update on my first reply to this post:
> >>>
> >>>The snd-intel8x0 is no longer listed in the output of lsmod. When I
> >>>tried to modprobe soundcore it worked OK. when I tried to modprobe
> >>>snd-intel8x0 I got the following:
> >>>
> >>>[root at barney mpu401]# modprobe soundcore
> >>>[root at barney mpu401]# modprobe snd-intel8x0
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko': No such file or
> >>>directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko': No
> >>>such file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko': No such
> >>>file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko': No such file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko': No such
> >>>file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko': No such file
> >>>or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko': No such file or
> >>>directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko': No
> >>>such file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko': No such file or
> >>>directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko': No
> >>>such file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko': No such
> >>>file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko': No such file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko': No such
> >>>file or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko': No such file
> >>>or directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko': No such file or
> >>>directory
> >>>WARNING: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko': No
> >>>such file or directory
> >>>FATAL: Could not open
> >>>'/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko': No such
> >>>file or directory
> >>>
> >>>All the directories are there but none of the files/drivers.
> >>
> >>Holy shamoley! That's really bad.
> >>
> >>
> >>>Since I tried to 'make' the alsa-driver-1.0.3 tarball I seem to have
> >>>cocked up a lot of things, including cron which is no longer working
> >>>I've just discovered.
> >>
> >>Man, that's weird. A "make" shouldn't wipe out the currently installed
> >>stuff unless you did a "make install" and the Makefile's dependencies
> >>were screwed up. If it wiped your stuff out with a "make install" and
> >>the initial make was unsuccessful, then I'd shoot a strongly worded note
> >>to the ALSA people telling them their Makefile is buggered.
> >>
> >>
> >>> I have tried a few times to install the
> >>>kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm using 'i' or 'U' but while it appears to
> >>>install OK I cannot find it anywhere even though rpm -qi says it is
> >>>installed.
> >>>
> >>>Does any of the above info help?
> >>
> >>As to the source, it should be in /usr/src/linux-kernelversion. For
> >>that version, /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521. A "yum -qil packagename"
> >>should tell you what files were installed where.
> >
> >
> > Rick, I did a rpm -qil kernel-2.6.8-1.521 and the following is a short
> > section of the output:
> >
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/pcmcia
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/snd-pdaudiocf.ko
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/synth
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/synth/emux
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/synth/emux/snd-emux-synth.ko
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/usb
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko
> >
> > As you can see the files didn't go into /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521
>
> Of course not. "kernel-2.6.8-1.521" is the binary RPM. You need to
> "rpm -qil kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521" is the source RPM.
OK. Then what is 'kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm' ?. I was under the
impression that an rpm with 'src.rpm' in its package name was a source
rpm. Not in this case obviously. One lives and learns. This rpm will not
install. An rpm -ivh (Uvh) goes through the motions of installing and
will, with rpm -qi, say its installed but on the next boot says its not
installed.
> >
> > Now note the third last line above and the output of the following
> > command:
> >
> > [root at barney synth]# ls
> > emux
> > [root at barney synth]# ls
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko
> > ls: /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko: No such
> > file or directory
> > [root at barney synth]#
> >
> > I cd to the synth directory, did an 'ls' to see if the snd-util-mem.ko
> > file was there, and it wasn't. I then did an 'ls' on the whole path. It
> > still wasn't there (not surprising). Looks like the kernel source
> > package I downloaded is a dud with all the files missing, although the
> > package was quite large;
> >
> > -rw------- 1 graeme graeme 36139684 Oct 8 14:48
> > kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm
>
> That's the wrong RPM. The "kernel-sourcecode" RPM is 46098530 bytes in
> length. Here's a URL to fetch the source:
>
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/2/i386/kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm
>
> Download that to a scratch directory, then
>
> # cd /scratch/directory
> # rpm -ivh kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm
> # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521
>
> and away you go.
OK. Will do.
>
> > I am going back to the previous kernel, 2.6.6, and try and get sound
> > working again. I can load the drivers OK. See following:
> >
> > [graeme at barney download]$ sudo /sbin/lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > snd_mixer_oss 13824 1
> > snd_intel8x0 26796 1
> > snd_ac97_codec 54788 1 snd_intel8x0
> > snd_pcm 69256 1 snd_intel8x0
> > snd_timer 17284 1 snd_pcm
> > snd_page_alloc 8072 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> > gameport 3328 1 snd_intel8x0
> > snd_mpu401_uart 4864 1 snd_intel8x0
> > snd_rawmidi 17444 1 snd_mpu401_uart
> > snd_seq_device 6152 1 snd_rawmidi
> > snd 39396 8
> > snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> > soundcore 6112 2 snd
> > ipv6 184672 10
> > parport_pc 19392 1
> > lp 8236 0
> > parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp
> > autofs4 12932 0
> > sunrpc 109924 1
> > prism54 44060 0
> > ipt_REJECT 4736 1
> > ipt_state 1536 2
> > ip_conntrack 24968 1 ipt_state
> > iptable_filter 2176 1
> > ip_tables 13568 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
> > via_rhine 15752 0
> > mii 3584 1 via_rhine
> > microcode 4768 0
> > joydev 6976 0
> > floppy 47440 0
> > sg 27680 0
> > sd_mod 16384 0
> > usb_storage 53576 0
> > scsi_mod 91984 3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage
> > dm_mod 32800 0
> > ehci_hcd 22916 0
> > uhci_hcd 24472 0
> > button 4632 0
> > battery 6924 0
> > asus_acpi 8984 0
> > ac 3340 0
> > ext3 103656 2
> > jbd 40728 1 ext3
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> You definitely have an issue with the 521 kernel. I'd try a reinstall
> of the binary RPM to restore the kernel environment to some semblance
> of normalcy. Boot your older kernel and see if you have the new
> binary kernel RPM in /var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages. If you
> do:
>
> # cd /var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages
> # rpm -Uvh --force kernel-2.6.8-1.521.i686.rpm
>
> While you're in that directory, see if you have the source RPM in there
> (to see if yum fetched it). Remember, the CORRECT name for the source
> RPM is "kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm"
The source rpm for 2.6.8-1.521 isn't there but the 2.6.8-1.521 binary is
there so I will do as you suggest.
All these problems may be as a result of doing an 'upgrade' from RH8. I
tried to upgrade my laptop from RH8 to FC2 yesterday and it wouldn't do
it. Kept complaining about not being able to read the media when trying
to install the kernel, fatal error, bomb out. So, not having a lot on
the laptop to lose, and being able to copy it across from the desktop if
necessary, I did a new install. Went OK. No probs. However, the whole
appearance of the boot is different as are some other minor differences
on the desktop etc. Probably too much crap left on the machine after
upgrading from RH6.1 through the various releases to FC2. that are
interfering with things.
Thanks very much for your help and patience.
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