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[Anne Wilson]

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.

Anne
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