<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 17/01/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On Jan 17, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Luke wrote:<br><br>> I have to face the dreaded compilation from source then, -> there<br>> seem to be issues with FC4. I have tried that a few times. Perhaps<br>> I did not put enough effort because I somehow had faith in the
<br>> binaries approach. I already started a thread regarding errors I<br>> get while compiling from source. I will focus on that now. Thanks<br>> for the input.<br>><br>Funny, I would have said something about the "dreaded binaries", I
<br>hate it when somebody else decides how my executables should be made :-)<br><br> From your other posts and the realization that all your required<br>modules are not loading, and your statement about compilation errors:
<br><br>I wonder if you have your kernel sources properly installed. I seem<br>to remember when I worked with FC3 that they had decided you didn't<br>really need the kernel sources, and IIRC I had to jump through many<br>
hoops to get the correct ones installed. Not just any sources will<br>do, they have to be the exact ones your running kernel was built with<br>if you want to build kernel modules.<br>_______________________________________________
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</a><br></blockquote></div><br>"dreaded compilation from source" - I am fiddling with code because I need a working installation. I am no software developer of any note, except for really high level applications behind the thick buffer of commercial IDEs. To me compilation ususlly consists of clicking a big button on the tool bar . Kernel staff is hairy to me, maybe until now.
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