Dear Robert, you wrote: > thanks, i appreciate the recommendation. from a quick glance, it > looks like the original poster hasn't installed the kernel-headers > package on his system. > > an easy way to tell is to check the current kernel version with: > > $ uname -r > > then make sure that, under the directory /lib/modules/<version>, > there is a symbolic link called "build" which takes you to the actual > kernel headers directory. if that symlink isn't there, i don't think > you've installed the kernel headers, and that would definitely explain > your problems. I asked a collague to install the headers and the source on the machine: /usr/src$ ls linux-headers-2.6.24-19 linux-source-2.6.24 but the "build" link does not exist in /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-server Should I create that to point to /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19 ? Thanks - Gergely -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ