On 12/18/05, lnthai2002@aim.com lnthai2002@aim.com wrote:
I have centOS 4 installed on my machine but some how it does not support my TV capture card (bt878) in the kernel, so i want to recompile the kernel to add support for my device. However, i cant find centOS 4 kernel source code. I have read some messages in the mailing list and someone said that i just need to yum install kernel-sourcecode to get the source code, i did it but i yum reported that there is no package matched. Please help
Long complicated answer: you'd need to get the src rpm, edit the .config used to add support for the driver, rebuild the rpm.... etc.
Short and easy answer "yum --enablerepo install kernel"
The stock kernel matches what the upstream vendor provides. The unsupported kernel in the centosplus repository has a few more drivers built in, including bt878 support for compliant video capture/tv tuner cards.
-- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center