BTW, Now is the perfect time to test this dkms feature. There is a new kernel in updates testing( kernel-2.6.29.2-52.fc10), and I will get it as soon as possible I went back to previous Fedora kernels and tried to enable dkms via tarball and rpm [root@localhost Download]# dkms ldtarball --archive=/home/olivares/Download/slmodem-2.9.11-20090222.tar.gz Error! Tarball does not appear to be a correctly formed DKMS archive. No dkms.conf found within it. [root@localhost Download]# rpm -ivh <module>-<version>-<rpmversion>.noarch.rpm -bash: module: No such file or directory [root@localhost Download]# rpm -ivh slmodem-2.9.11-20080817 slmodem-2.9.11-20080817/ slmodem-2.9.11-20080817.tar.gz slmodem-2.9.11-20080817.lzm [root@localhost Download]# rpm -ivh sl-modem-source-2.9.11~20080817-4.i386.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:sl-modem-source ########################################### [100%] /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.Wg3J0j: line 4: dpkg-query: command not found [root@localhost Download]# I have installed the sl-modem-source-2.9.11-20080817-4.i386 file that I got in a previous mail. Will it work by itself or do I have to do some more interaction. dkms is already installed: [olivares@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa dkms dkms-2.0.21.1-2.fc10.noarch Thank you in advance. Regards, Antonio On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marv, > > Thank you very much for the howto. Now when a newer kernel is in > updates-testing, I will try it out. I just need to install dkms + > slmodemd-src-rpm and then the subsequent updates to the kernel will > install automagically :) > > Regards, > > Antonio > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Marvin Stodolsky > <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Antonio, >> >> Part of the dkms installation is /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller . >> On bootup it assesses whether a new kernel has been installed. >> If so, it references a list dkms adapted driver source packages on the >> host System. >> Then it builds and installs all needed drivers. >> The only additional requirement is that the linux-headers or >> configured linux-source needed for compiling support has been >> installed. >> >> Read the attached for more detail. >> >> MarvS >> >> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Antonio Olivares >> <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Marv, >>> >>> I am taking a look at dkms package(s) from Fedora Project. I will >>> need to investigate it a little more. >>> >>> I visited the following pages: >>> >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/dkms >>> >>> http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/dkms/F-10/?hideattic=0 >>> >>> http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/dkms/F-10/sources?view=log&pathrev=dkms-2_0_21_1-2_fc10 >>> >>> and Koji page: >>> >>> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=98059 >>> >>> Questions, if I install dkms rpm, how can I use it to build slmodemd >>> package in case I install a new kernel? This is new stuff to me. Are >>> there any howto's available so I can try to learn from this? >>> >>> BTW, >>> In case I install a new kernel from source old fashioned way and no >>> rpm, then I will have to manually install the packages the traditional >>> way. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Antonio >>> >> > > <div><br></div> > <div><br></div>
