linux-headers 2.6.15

My understanding is that there will be available when the 3.4 will be final or at least after it would be tested for a little bit, till than you can use 2.6.12 kernel if you want.
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Or just use the 2.6.15 source from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/

The kernel of MEPIS and the original kernel are not the same.
It is specified after a compile.

PS: I'm french

Right, need to configure the 2.6.15 kernel source with the Mepis .config and patches prior to compiling VMWare.

years ago, i used to make my own kernels all the time, but haven't done it in quite a while. also, being new to mepis, i do not know where to find the .config or the patches that i need.

i downloaded the current source (2.6.15.1), unpacked it, and told the vmware script where to find it. the vmware script, being rather braindead in many ways (this is not the first time i've had trouble installing vmware), claimed it could not use the headers until after i have built the kernel.

can anyone point me to instructions for building a mepis kernel, or better yet, will the 2.6.15 header package be added to the repository soon? i'm running the 586tsc kernel.

thanks.
bradley

I don't have this Mepis release, but if 2.6.15.1 is the correct kernel version (should match output of command "uname -r"), then below is a procedure for downloading, verifying, installing and configuring the sources (just replace 2.6.15.1 with any other kernel version for another version). This is an initial part of the kernel compiling process without needing to actually recompile the kernel. There is also a Mepislovers How-To:

http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3016&forum=11

su #enter root password

apt-get install kernel-package

cd /usr/src
wget ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.15.1.tar.bz2

Optional steps to check the integrity of the sources:
wget ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.15.1.tar.bz2.sign
gpg --verify linux-2.6.15.1.tar.bz2.sign

then:

tar jxvf linux-2.6.15.1.tar.bz2
cd linux-2.6.15.1
cp /boot/config-2.6.15.1 .config

Copy over any kernel patches as described briefly in /usr/src/KERNEL-README, apply with patch command:

patch -p1 < patch

(Note: applying any patches is only needed here if the running kernel has those patches applied)

then, to configure the kernel sources:

make oldconfig (or make-kpkg --config oldconfig configure)

Press Enter if any questions come up.