Glibc and kernel headers

I noticed that glibc depends in kernel-headers, and that they are the headers of the 2.6.23.1 kernel and the current kernel is 2.6.23, futhermore, kernel-headers has one directory, for it's headers, and in /usr/src there is another one for another headers, my question is
Must glibc use the headers of the kernel in wich it was compiled?
just curiosity

ornitorrincos wrote:Must glibc use the headers of the kernel in wich it was compiled?
Ideally... however, up until the headers were provided with the kernel, the sanitized headers package lagged a bit behind the kernel version. So I guess it is not essential.

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gcc and kernel headers must be installed.
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Pacman fails. gcc-uclibc: requires kernel-headers- What's this???

After my last update a few weeks ago, I always get this. I've updated kernel, pacman, and initscripts manually, and messed with pacman.conf for days.
Read countless forums posts, googled for hours, tried many "solutions" and can't figure this out. (enable/disable different repos, SigLevels, db refreshes, etc.)
gcc-uclibc kernel-headers don't seem to exist, and only a few references (of no help, and old)) show up in all my searching.
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Can anyone point me in the right direction? Has anyone even seen this gcc-uclibc/kernel-headers error recently.
root@myhost wrc]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
testing 185.0 B 20.2K/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
testing is up to date
core 185.0 B 2.15M/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
core is up to date
extra 185.0 B 2.76M/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
extra is up to date
community 185.0 B 2.76M/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace pyxdg with extra/python2-xdg? [Y/n] Y
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gcc-uclibc: requires kernel-headers
[root@myhost wrc]#
Last edited by wrc1944 (2012-07-13 16:43:49)

gcc-uclibc is not on my system. I'm following instructions on the issues 2 section of the above mentioned wiki page, and have gotten the list down to this:
[root@myhost wrc]# find /lib -exec pacman -Qo -- '{}' \+
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib'
/lib/libpthread.so.0 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_nis.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libthread_db.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_dns.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/ld64-uClibc-0.9.30.1.so is owned by uclibc-runtime 0.9.30.1-4
/lib/libnss_files-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libm-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_compat.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_db.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libm.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libpcprofile.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libc.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/ld64-uClibc.so.0 is owned by uclibc-runtime 0.9.30.1-4
/lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/librt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libcidn.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libanl-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libBrokenLocale-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_nisplus-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libutil-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libdl-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libresolv-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_db-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 is owned by lib32-glibc 2.15-10
/lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libanl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libcrypt-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_files.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libSegFault.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libdl.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnsl-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_nis-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/librt-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnsl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libc-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libcidn-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_hesiod-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libcrypt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libresolv.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_dns-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libnss_compat-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libpthread-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/ld-2.15.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libutil.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libmemusage.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
/lib/libthread_db-1.0.so is owned by glibc 2.15-12
[root@myhost wrc]#
However, pacman -Su still gives the blocking error:
[root@myhost wrc]# pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace pyxdg with extra/python2-xdg? [Y/n] Y
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gcc-uclibc: requires kernel-headers
[root@myhost wrc]#
The next step gives me this, supposedly all these need rebuilding? How can this be, as I'm using the Arch Linux binary packages, and have never rebuilt (re-compiled anything?
[root@myhost wrc]# grep -R --include files "^lib/" /var/lib/pacman/local/
/var/lib/pacman/local/uclibc-runtime-0.9.30.1-4/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/uclibc-runtime-0.9.30.1-4/files:lib/ld64-uClibc-0.9.30.1.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/uclibc-runtime-0.9.30.1-4/files:lib/ld64-uClibc.so.0
/var/lib/pacman/local/lib32-glibc-2.15-10/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/lib32-glibc-2.15-10/files:lib/ld-linux.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/ld-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libBrokenLocale-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libSegFault.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libanl-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libanl.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libc-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libc.so.6
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libcidn-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libcidn.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libcrypt-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libcrypt.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libdl-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libdl.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libm-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libm.so.6
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libmemusage.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnsl-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnsl.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_compat-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_compat.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_db-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_db.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_dns-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_dns.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_files-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_files.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_hesiod-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_nis-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_nis.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_nisplus-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libpcprofile.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libpthread-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libpthread.so.0
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libresolv-2.15.so"pacman -Qdt"
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libresolv.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/librt-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/librt.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libthread_db-1.0.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libthread_db.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libutil-2.15.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.15-12/files:lib/libutil.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/udev/
/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/udev/rules.d/
/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/udev/rules.d/90-hal.rules
[root@myhost wrc
Quote on issue 2 from the wiki page:
Issue 2: The final "pacman -Su" still has conflicts in /lib
This means that you have files or folders still in /lib or pacman thinks a package apart from glibc still own /lib. You can see which package own files in /lib by using:
find /lib -exec pacman -Qo -- '{}' \+
If any package apart from glibc is listed as owning a file, that package needs to be updated to install its files in /usr/lib. Any files unowned by a package should be moved to /usr/lib and any directories within /lib need deleted (after they are empty...).
If after this the "pacman -Su" still has conflicts with /lib, this is because a package on your system other than glibc thinks it owns the /lib folder. Such packages can be detected using:
grep -R --include files "^lib/" /var/lib/pacman/local/
These packages need rebuilding so as not to include the /lib directory. Then the final "pacman -Su" will successfully install glibc.
You can confirm the update is complete by looking in your root directory to see that lib is a symlink to usr/lib.
> ls -ld /lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 11 21:10 lib -> usr/lib
Last edited by wrc1944 (2012-07-13 21:06:54)

Problem with kernel-headers

Hi,
When I run this
[root@localhost Server]# yum install kernel-headers
I have got
file /usr/include/linux/types.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/udf_fs_i.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
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file /usr/include/linux/utime.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/utsname.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/version.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/videodev.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/videodev2.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/videotext.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/virtio_blk.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/virtio_net.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/virtio_pci.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/virtio_ring.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/vt.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/wireless.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/xattr.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/linux/xfrm.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/mtd/inftl-user.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/mtd/mtd-user.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/mtd/nftl-user.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/sound/asequencer.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/sound/asound.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
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file /usr/include/sound/hdsp.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/sound/hdspm.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/sound/sfnt_info.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
file /usr/include/video/sisfb.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.1.1.0.1.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek.i686
Error Summary
But why do I see nothing by this?
[root@localhost Server]# rpm -qa| grep kernel-headers
[root@localhost Server]#
Here is what I get
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga)

Thanks. I ran it and I got this confirmation
=================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=================================================================================================
Removing:
kernel-uek-headers i686 2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek installed 2.2 M
Removing for dependencies:
compat-glibc i386 1:2.3.4-2.26 installed 3.4 M
compat-glibc-headers i386 1:2.3.4-2.26 installed 1.9 M
gcc i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 9.6 M
gcc-c++ i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 6.5 M
gcc-gfortran i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 6.9 M
gcc-gnat i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 33 M
gcc-java i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 5.9 M
gcc-objc i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 5.5 M
gcc-objc++ i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 5.8 M
gcc44 i386 4.4.6-3.el5.1 installed 17 M
gcc44-c++ i386 4.4.6-3.el5.1 installed 10 M
gcc44-gfortran i386 4.4.6-3.el5.1 installed 11 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-81.el5_8.1 installed 4.9 M
glibc-headers i386 2.5-81.el5_8.1 installed 2.0 M
systemtap i386 1.6-7.el5_8 installed 8.0 M
Transaction Summary
=================================================================================================
Remove 16 Package(s)
Reinstall 0 Package(s)
Downgrade 0 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]:
But the items like the below
compat-glibc i386 1:2.3.4-2.26 installed 3.4 M
compat-glibc-headers i386 1:2.3.4-2.26 installed 1.9 M
gcc i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 9.6 M
gcc-c++ i386 4.1.2-52.el5 installed 6.5 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-81.el5_8.1 installed 4.9 M
glibc-headers i386 2.5-81.el5_8.1 installed 2.0 M
are really needed for my R12. What should be done next?
Edited by: HuaMin on Apr 13, 2012 5:15 PM

Nvidia 173 and kernel 2.6.28 compile failure & nvidia 180 crashes

**please if this the wrong place to post this tell me or transfer so i can know**
Hey , im having troubles with my Nvidia driver for long time now i hope you can help me solve it out so theres the deal :
my computer is : NVidia Geforce 9600 GT , intel E8400 core duo , rest aint important i think
I used ubuntu with this computer on drivers 173 and 177 (nvidia) and its worked just fine. someday ubuntu upgrades it to the 180 series and from then X never started. so i used my Windows XP some where the 180 drivers wasnt so well functional and crashed pretty much alot. then i downloaded opensuse 11 where i hoped my problems will be solved but instead all i got is :
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http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9379/dsaf.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9462/dsaa.png
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**this problem occur randomly after X amount of time**
**when this happen on gnome in arch its or im realy lucky to hit the "alt + F2" and execute "metacity --replace" in time so i will have approx 40 seconds before its happen again to save all my things and restart X , if im not lucky X freeze and computer freeze and i must hard reset**
i moved from opensuse because its was very slow boot time and because of the graphic drivers in this stage i got myself Arch x86_64 CD , followed the wiki configured network and xorg and everything also installed the "nvidia" package via packman its worked for some time (1 day ?) and then very same problem of opensuse occur . so i tried every driver after the 180.22 , EVERY of them up to the latest beta 185 . ALL of them result the same thing , (expect 185 which there the GPU wont produce red singals).
for the record : my opensuse was x86_64 , my ubuntu was x86 , and with arch i used x86_64 first and now im using x86. same problem occur in both x86 and x86_64
i wrote all this to give you a better idea of my problem so maybe anyone will have a soulation. and maybe someone else will find it usefull will help anyone in the future.
all i want to do is to downgrage back to 173 drivers where i know its worked with ubuntu without any problems at all but i cant theres the actual problem :
when trying to install from the package itsself (sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg0.run ) i get this :
ERROR: If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
so i went and tried to use the package build i fetch the PKGBUILD and nvidia.install files from here :
http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/n … iew=markup
http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/n … iew=markup
and then i changed the kernel requirement (my kernel : 2.6.28-ARCH)
so both of my files looks like this :
PKGBUILD :
pkgname=nvidia
pkgver=173.14.12
_kernver='2.6.28-ARCH'
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for kernel26."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
[ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && ARCH=x86
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && ARCH=x86_64
url="http://www.nvidia.com/"
depends=('kernel26>=2.6.27' 'kernel26<2.6.29' 'nvidia-utils')
conflicts=('nvidia-96xx' 'nvidia-71xx' 'nvidia-legacy')
license=('custom')
install=nvidia.install
source=(http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-$ARCH/${pkgver}/NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run)
md5sums=('76b8eba1b14fc273a1a4044705b0aa56')
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && md5sums=('8675e4ca65033b343c8c77b2ce82e71d')
build()
# Extract
cd $startdir/src/
sh NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run --extract-only
cd NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0
# Any extra patches are applied in here...
cd usr/src/nv/
ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile
make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module || return 1
# install kernel module
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
install -m644 nvidia.ko $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" $startdir/*.install
nvidia.install
# arg 1: the new package version
post_install() {
KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.28-ARCH'
depmod -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
# arg 1: the new package version
# arg 2: the old package version
post_upgrade() {
post_install $1
rmmod nvidia || echo 'In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.'
# arg 1: the old package version
post_remove() {
KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.28-ARCH'
depmod -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
op=$1
shift
$op $*
installed deps : pacman -S nvidia-utils
and now i built the package hopefully its will work ,
bash-3.2# makepkg -c --asroot
==> Making package: nvidia 173.14.12-1 i686 (Sat Mar 28 11:08:28 IDT 2009)
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as root...
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg0.run...
--2009-03-28 11:08:28-- http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg0.run
Resolving us.download.nvidia.com... 212.199.205.201, 212.199.205.216
Connecting to us.download.nvidia.com|212.199.205.201|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11587505 (11M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg0.run.part'
100%[======================================>] 11,587,505 304K/s in 39s
2009-03-28 11:09:08 (287 KB/s) - `NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg0.run.part' saved [11587505/11587505]
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg0.run ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 173.14.12....................................................................................................................................
If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***
make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
bash-3.2#
after a little search on google i understood that my kernel sources are missing (using the -e (expert) on nvidia installer let you set location but its no success on normal /lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/build)
so how can i solve this and compile & install the 173 drivers on my i686 , arch , 2.6.28 ?
thanks in advance for reading.

After posting this message to the IRC channel , i was told that i can install the nvidia-173xx drivers , its seems to work but i can assure the problem would not occur again so ill just have to watch out, if you have any other fix for this please post.

[SOLVED] Missing Kernel Headers for Catalyst

Hello Everyone,
I am a new Arch guy! I am from the ubuntu world. Love the new arch install, I have installed my own DE.
I use a Radeon HD 68xx so I need the catalyst drivers.
I have tried installing them via: sudo pacman -S catalyst-dkms catalyst-utils (per the wiki)
It gets to the end and gives me this message:
DKMS: add completed.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.6.2-1-ARCH cannot be found at
/usr/lib/modules/3.6.2-1-ARCH/build or /usr/lib/modules/3.6.2-1-ARCH/source.
error: command failed to execute correctly
Can anybody assist on how I get the kernel headers? As far as I understood, they should be included in Arch.
Last edited by luis84 (2012-10-19 03:08:17)

drewofdoom wrote:
do this:
sudo pacman -Sy linux-headers
Don't use 'pacman -Sy foo' - it may lead to breakage https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=89328

[SOLVED] kernel-headers & VirtualBox. Still same problems! (

Hi guys, i'm new to this forum, but i didn't found an answer anywhere! I'm trying to install VirtualBox 4.2.10 from terminal on my x86 Oracle Linux.
Half year ago, when i tried first, i couldn't resolv the problem and still the same problem today - NO KERNEL HEADERS for ORACLE Linux in REPO! What did wrong after update? I can found headers only for RHEL original kernel, but i don't want to use 2.6.32 kernel version.
Can someone help me and describe true and complete installation VirtualBox for Oracle Linux??? Thanks ahead!
Edited by: 996048 on 25.03.2013 13:26
Edited by: 996048 on 25.03.2013 13:30

996048 wrote:
Hi guys, i'm new to this forum, but i didn't found an answer anywhere! I'm trying to install VirtualBox 2.4.10 from terminal on my x86 Oracle Linux.
Half year ago, when i tried first, i couldn't resolv the problem and still the same problem today - NO KERNEL HEADERS for ORACLE Linux in REPO! What did wrong after update? I can found headers only for RHEL original kernel, but i don't want to use 2.6.32 kernel version.
Can someone help me and describe true and complete installation VirtualBox for Oracle Linux??? Thanks ahead!In spite of Rukbat's response, I don't see that we are dealing with a vbox issue .... yet.
We can't know what you did wrong until you know what you did.
Exactly What command did you issue? *Exactly what response did you get?

Download kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64

Hi
please help me How to down load the kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64 RPM
please provide me the link
Thanks
simha

Hi
I download the soft ware and i taken form the DUMP and i try to install it showing the error like
please suggest me to install the package..............
rpm -Uvh kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
file /usr/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-100.35.1.el5uek.x86_64
file /usr/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-100.35.1.el5uek.x86_64
file /usr/include/asm-generic/mman.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-100.35.1.el5uek.x86_64
file /usr/include/asm-generic/resource.h from install of kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-100.35.1.el5uek.x86_64
Thanks
simha

[solved] building the kernel headers for custom kernels

well, ive been building several different kernels for my laptop, so that i can test stuff. but ive got a problem with the kernel headers.
ive mirrored the arch kernel's PKGBUILD and modified some naming to get a custom kernel. but when i try to build a custmo module, it complains the headers are broken. (example, vbox_build_module).
im pasting the pkgbuild here for future reference...if someone sees something thats plain wrong, please say so.
thanks
# $Id: PKGBUILD 60382 2009-12-04 15:31:11Z tpowa $
# Maintainer: Tobias Powalowski <[email protected]>
# Maintainer: Thomas Baechler <[email protected]>
pkgbase="kernel26"
#pkgname=('kernel26' 'kernel26-firmware' 'kernel26-headers') # Build stock -ARCH kernel
pkgname=('kernel26-git' 'kernel26-git-headers') # Build kernel with a different name
_kernelname=${pkgname#kernel26}
pkgver=2.6.34
pkgrel=1
_patchname=""
_branch="linux-2.6"
_gittag="v2.6.34-rc3"
#_gittag="origin"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
license=('GPL2')
groups=('base')
url="http://www.kernel.org"
source=(config
# standard config files for mkinitcpio ramdisk
kernel26.preset
${_patchname})
build() {
cd ${srcdir}/$_branch
msg "Fetching branch ${_branch}"
## FOR BISECT, Comment these lines
git reset --hard
git clean -d -f
git fetch
msg "Cheking out tag ${_gittag}"
git checkout $_gittag
### a patch
if [ "${_patchname}" != "" ]; then
patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/$_patchname || return 1
fi
# if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
cat ../config.x86_64 >./.config
# else
cat ../config >./.config
# fi
if [ "${_kernelname}" != "" ]; then
sed -i "s|CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=.*|CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\"${_kernelname}\"|g" ./.config
fi
# get kernel version
make prepare
# load configuration
# Configure the kernel. Replace the line below with one of your choice.
make menuconfig # CLI menu for configuration
#make xconfig # X-based configuration
#make oldconfig # using old config from previous kernel version
# ... or manually edit .config
# stop here
# this is useful to configure the kernel
#msg "Stopping build"
#return 1
yes "" | make config
# build!
make bzImage modules || return 1
package_kernel26-git() {
pkgdesc="The Linux Kernel and modules"
backup=(etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset)
depends=('coreutils' 'kernel26-firmware>=2.6.32' 'module-init-tools' 'mkinitcpio>=0.5.20')
# pwc, ieee80211 and hostap-driver26 modules are included in kernel26 now
# nforce package support was abandoned by nvidia, kernel modules should cover everything now.
# kernel24 support is dropped since glibc24
replaces=('kernel24' 'kernel24-scsi' 'kernel26-scsi'
'alsa-driver' 'ieee80211' 'hostap-driver26'
'pwc' 'nforce' 'squashfs' 'unionfs' 'ivtv'
'zd1211' 'kvm-modules' 'iwlwifi' 'rt2x00-cvs'
'gspcav1' 'atl2' 'wlan-ng26' 'rt2500')
install=kernel26.install
optdepends=('crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country')
KARCH=x86
cd ${srcdir}/$_branch
_kernver="$(make kernelrelease)"
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/{lib/modules,boot}
make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${pkgdir} modules_install || return 1
cp System.map ${pkgdir}/boot/System.map26${_kernelname}
cp arch/$KARCH/boot/bzImage ${pkgdir}/boot/vmlinuz26${_kernelname}
# # add vmlinux
install -m644 -D vmlinux ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/vmlinux
# install fallback mkinitcpio.conf file and preset file for kernel
install -m644 -D ${srcdir}/kernel26.preset ${pkgdir}/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset || return 1
# set correct depmod command for install
sed \
-e "s/KERNEL_NAME=.*/KERNEL_NAME=${_kernelname}/g" \
-e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" \
-i $startdir/kernel26.install
sed \
-e "s|source .*|source /etc/mkinitcpio.d/kernel26${_kernelname}.kver|g" \
-e "s|default_image=.*|default_image=\"/boot/${pkgname}.img\"|g" \
-e "s|fallback_image=.*|fallback_image=\"/boot/${pkgname}-fallback.img\"|g" \
-i ${pkgdir}/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset
echo -e "# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE\nALL_kver='${_kernver}'" > ${pkgdir}/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.kver
# remove build and source links
rm -f ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/{source,build}
# remove the firmware
rm -rf ${pkgdir}/lib/firmware
package_kernel26-git-headers() {
pkgdesc="Header files and scripts for building modules for kernel26"
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}
cd ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}
ln -sf ../../../usr/src/linux-${_kernver} build
cd ${srcdir}/$_branch
install -D -m644 Makefile \
${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Makefile
install -D -m644 kernel/Makefile \
${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/kernel/Makefile
install -D -m644 .config \
${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.config
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include
for i in acpi asm-{generic,x86} config linux math-emu media net pcmcia scsi sound trace video; do
cp -a include/$i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
done
# copy arch includes for external modules
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/x86
cp -a arch/x86/include ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/x86/
# copy files necessary for later builds, like nvidia and vmware
cp Module.symvers ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
cp -a scripts ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
# fix permissions on scripts dir
chmod og-w -R ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/scripts
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.tmp_versions
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel
cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then
cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32.cpu ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
fi
cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/asm-offsets.s ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel/
# add headers for lirc package
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video
cp drivers/media/video/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/
for i in bt8xx cpia2 cx25840 cx88 em28xx et61x251 pwc saa7134 sn9c102 usbvideo zc0301; do
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
cp -a drivers/media/video/$i/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
done
# add docbook makefile
install -D -m644 Documentation/DocBook/Makefile \
${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
# add dm headers
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
cp drivers/md/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
# add inotify.h
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux
cp include/linux/inotify.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux/
# add wireless headers
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
cp net/mac80211/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
# add dvb headers for external modules
# in reference to:
# http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9912
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core
cp drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/
# add dvb headers for external modules
# in reference to:
# http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11194
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
cp include/config/dvb/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
# add dvb headers for http://mcentral.de/hg/~mrec/em28xx-new
# in reference to:
# http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13146
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
cp drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
cp drivers/media/video/msp3400-driver.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
# add xfs and shmem for aufs building
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/mm
cp fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h
# add headers vor virtualbox
# in reference to:
# http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/14568
cp -a include/drm $pkgdir/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
# add headers for broadcom wl
# in reference to:
# http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/14568
cp -a include/trace $pkgdir/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
# copy in Kconfig files
for i in `find . -name "Kconfig*"`; do
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/`echo $i | sed 's|/Kconfig.*||'`
cp $i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/$i
done
cd ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include && ln -s asm-$KARCH asm
# add header for aufs2-util
cp -a ${srcdir}/$_branch/include/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/asm/
chown -R root.root ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
find ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
# remove unneeded architectures
rm -rf ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/{alpha,arm,arm26,avr32,blackfin,cris,frv,h8300,ia64,m32r,m68k,m68knommu,mips,microblaze,mn10300,parisc,powerpc,ppc,s390,sh,sh64,sparc,sparc64,um,v850,xtensa}
package_kernel26-firmware() {
pkgdesc="The included firmware files of the Linux Kernel"
groups=('base')
cd ${srcdir}/$_branch
make firmware || return 1
make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${pkgdir} firmware_install || return 1
Last edited by eldragon (2010-04-04 14:58:16)

ngoonee wrote:
Check out this line
for i in acpi asm-{generic,x86} config linux math-emu media net pcmcia scsi sound trace video; do
for anything that might be missing. The error message when compiling would give you more of a clue. Off-hand, you may need to add 'generated', as I recall I needed that when the kernel moved to 2.6.33.
Problem with vbox_build_module after Kernel update.
Would you care to elaborate for us less versed in "Linux Geek" skills?
Thanks.......
[root@Arch2009p2 jeff]# vbox_build_module
Building vboxdrv for Linux 2.6.33-ARCH
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/generic r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log generic math/gcc; \
do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
rm -rf .vboxdrv* .tmp_ver* vboxdrv.* Module.symvers Modules.symvers modules.order
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetflt'
for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log generic math/gcc; \
do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
rm -rf .vboxnetflt* .tmp_ver* vboxnetflt.* Modules.symvers modules.order
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetflt'
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetadp'
for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log generic math/gcc; \
do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
rm -rf .vboxnetadp* .tmp_ver* vboxnetadp.* Modules.symvers modules.order
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetadp'
rm -f vboxdrv.ko vboxnetflt.ko vboxnetadp.ko
*** Building 'vboxdrv' module ***
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
make KBUILD_VERBOSE= -C /lib/modules/2.6.33-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv SRCROOT=/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-ARCH'
CC [M] /opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
In file included from /opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:34,
from /opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:39,
from /opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:37:
/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv/include/iprt/types.h:100:30: error: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-ARCH'
make[1]: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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i have read that the kernel headers are included with the kernel packages, which is very nice because i have a sagem fast 800 modem and i need to compile drivers for it. Except for when i installed arch a few days ago i tried to compile my module and just got kernel-sources cannot be found. Was there something with the headers in that packages or are they in a weird place? Can someone help i would really like to use arch linux.

Probably, for your module, the kernel headers are not enough; it needs the sources. You can get them on kernel.org. Make sure you grab the right version. I'm guessing that you need to put them in /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r). I've never messed much with kernel/modules stuff.

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Nathan

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