[MPlayer-users] Problems at driver-install - answer not in the FAQ

Dominik Mierzejewski dominik at rangers.eu.org
Fri Jun 7 00:53:01 CEST 2002


On Friday, 07 June 2002, Thomas Barth wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > Apparently you do not understand the above messages.
> > Since kernel 2.4.0, current running kernel headers (which are required
> > to build this kernel module) are in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include
> > and that's the directory you should put in the Makefile.
> 
> I can't find this directoy. 
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/build <- build just a symbolic-link to 

Correct.

> /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3 which doesn't exist!

You need kernel-source RPM.

> First I tried the rpmversion, but mplayer couldnt find /dev/mga_vid. That's 
> why I decided to deinstall the rpm and to compile it from source. But it 
> doesnt work.

What RPMs did you install exactly? Did you follow the instructions on my page?

-- 
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