Re: Weird Problem

Hi Jörg,

> If the fix worked for you, your kernel seems to identify itself internally
> as >= 2.6.8 - good.
> 

Yes it certainly seems to work just fine...

> Anyhow, your kernel source seems to be unconfigured (wonder how
> you could get the driver compiled?). 

Well I use the RedHat Up2Date package updater which uses an RPM based
approach even when upgrading the kernel and sources. Don't ask me how it
works... I've never (not yet anyway) compiled my own kernel. When I
compile the at76c503a driver it certainly seems to compile against the
relevant kernel source.

> To configure it:
> - find the config file describing the running kernel (look at "uname -a"
>   output) - I guess its in /boot, called something like
>   config*2.6.7-1.494.2.2*
> - copy it into /usr/src/linux-2.6.7-1.494.2.2/.config
> - cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.7-1.494.2.2; make oldconfig
> - If the last command didn't create
>     /usr/src/linux-2.6.7-1.494.2.2/include/linux/version.h
>   call "make" there and abort it shortly afterwards.

Do I need to do this? I am still a newbie and I really don't want to
risk screwing up a working system.

Another big thank you for all your help.

Best regards

Mark