Custom kernel manually compile nvidia module

Question

I have a working custom kernel.Now when i compile the standard NVIDIA....run package the compilation begins.However when i first extract the nvidia package to a source dir and try from then on to compile i get an error message saying i haven't compiled a kernel or can't find the kernel headers.
Any hint about what i could do next?

Answer 1

slytux wrote:
Do you have kernel headers for your custom kernel?  Check if your kernel build script has the following near the end:
# Choose what to package
pkgname=("${pkgbase}" "${pkgbase}-headers")
for _p in ${pkgname[@]}; do
eval "package_${_p}() {
_package${_p#${pkgbase}}
done
I downloaded the 3.8.2 vanilla kernel and patched it with grsecurity. The kernel install was traditional make && make modules_install ....
Are header files required when you have a full source tree btw?