On 12/18/05, lnthai2002@xxxxxxx <lnthai2002@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have centOS 4 installed on my machine but some how it does not
> support my TV capture card (bt878) in the kernel, so i want to
> recompile the kernel to add support for my device. However, i cant find
> centOS 4 kernel source code. I have read some messages in the mailing
> list and someone said that i just need to
> yum install kernel-sourcecode
> to get the source code, i did it but i yum reported that there is no
> package matched. Please help
Long complicated answer: you'd need to get the src rpm, edit the
.config used to add support for the driver, rebuild the rpm.... etc.
Short and easy answer "yum --enablerepo install kernel"
The stock kernel matches what the upstream vendor provides. The
unsupported kernel in the centosplus repository has a few more drivers
built in, including bt878 support for compliant video capture/tv tuner
cards.
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Jim Perrin
System Architect - UIT
Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center
