RedHat Linux question
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RedHat Linux question
I've got RHL 9.0 - don't ask why I've not got Fedora.
I've got the source code for the Prism54 (wireless card chipset drivers) but I think they're in source form.
Anyone got a pointer for a reasonably competent Unix bod on what I need to do next ?
I'm downloading the SRPM iso files as I type . . .
I've got the source code for the Prism54 (wireless card chipset drivers) but I think they're in source form.
Anyone got a pointer for a reasonably competent Unix bod on what I need to do next ?
I'm downloading the SRPM iso files as I type . . .
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From: Chichester, UK
OK, as nobody else has answered... 
First off, i'm a bit confused by
.iso files are for burning onto CD, SRPMs are source RPMs. I'd expect you to get something called filename.src.rpm.
Assuming you have got a .src.rpm, become root, then type
rpmbuild --rebuild filename.src.rpm
this will build the package and, assuming the build worked, it will create filename.rpm - it may be somewhere like /usr/src/packages/RPMS or in the working directory, depends what RedHat are doing these days. The build output should give you a hint as to where the rpm was created. Go there, then type
rpm -ivh filename.rpm
Which should say something like
Preparing... ######################## [100%]
1: filename ######################## [100%]
And there you go
First off, i'm a bit confused by
I'm downloading the SRPM iso files as I type . . .
Assuming you have got a .src.rpm, become root, then type
rpmbuild --rebuild filename.src.rpm
this will build the package and, assuming the build worked, it will create filename.rpm - it may be somewhere like /usr/src/packages/RPMS or in the working directory, depends what RedHat are doing these days. The build output should give you a hint as to where the rpm was created. Go there, then type
rpm -ivh filename.rpm
Which should say something like
Preparing... ######################## [100%]
1: filename ######################## [100%]
And there you go
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The SRPM iso files are the CD images for all the source - I presume.
So all I need do is find the right sources (once I've burned the CDs) which the Prism driver depends on for the kernel, then install the Prism ones, then it ?should? work ? But it's not quite that simple, I think . . .
So all I need do is find the right sources (once I've burned the CDs) which the Prism driver depends on for the kernel, then install the Prism ones, then it ?should? work ? But it's not quite that simple, I think . . .
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Is there any kind of README on the .iso? That should help you work out what to do
You don't have to burn the .iso to a CD. On Linux you can mount it on the loopback filesystem, as root it's something like
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 filename.iso /mnt/iso
(that's from memory - I don't have a Linux box to hand to check it)
filename.iso is the filename of the .iso and /mnt/iso is the mountpoint (you may have to create it). When you are finished looking at the files, unmount with
umount /mnt/iso
My guess is that the SRPMs will create a loadable module is /lib/modules - you can then load it with modprobe ... or is it insmod, I forget
You don't have to burn the .iso to a CD. On Linux you can mount it on the loopback filesystem, as root it's something like
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 filename.iso /mnt/iso
(that's from memory - I don't have a Linux box to hand to check it)
filename.iso is the filename of the .iso and /mnt/iso is the mountpoint (you may have to create it). When you are finished looking at the files, unmount with
umount /mnt/iso
My guess is that the SRPMs will create a loadable module is /lib/modules - you can then load it with modprobe ... or is it insmod, I forget
