On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:02:42PM -0600, Otto Haliburton wrote: > here is what I mean, the rpm installs the kernel to /usr/src/redhat, where > in all old distribution it installed the source to /usr/src. It is agreed Actually, don't make it install there. Instead, set up a ~/.rpmmacros file in your own home directory as described at: <http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/buildtree/> Then, install the source RPM *not as root*, and build it in your own account. As others have said, please reference earlier discussion on this. If you need help setting up the buildroot, e-mail me off-list. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>