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Old 20th October 2008, 05:47 PM
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Where do I find kernel-sources for Fedora 9?

I wanted to install the nvidia 8 series video driver in Fedora 9 64 bits. I installed the GCC compiler and MAKE and also wanted to install the kernel sources but in install remove programs I did find only one file with kernel sources in it's description. I installed it, but when I try to install the nvidiadriver it still says it can't find the kernel sources required to install the kernel module.
In which repository do I find these files and what are they named?
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Old 20th October 2008, 05:51 PM
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Some confusion over names here. You need:
yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers

The actual kernel source stuff is only used to re-compile the kernel itself. The *-devel and *-headers contain all that's necessary to compile kmods.

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Old 20th October 2008, 05:53 PM
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Also, unless you really need to compile the drivers manually for whatever reason, it's not usually a good idea to use the official nvidia driver package.

Try the Livna repository's kmod-nvidia package instead.
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Have a look here
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f9.html
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