The kernel source should be in /usr/src/linux, and the configuration file should be in /usr/src/linux/.config (it may not exist until you run 'make config') You may want to you SuSE's config file to get started, just run: # zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config' As far as applying source patches to the kernel and/or upgrading to 2.5 or 2.6 (once it's out)...this could be a pretty big task. While, you certainly can run any kernel that you like, that doesn't mean that you should. You will most likely have to upgrade a number of user-space tools to get a non-2.4.x kernel working. Remember that 2.5.x is a development branch. It might be fun to play with, but is defiantly not recommend for daily use. I'm not sure what you ultimately trying to accomplish here, but unless you are a developer, really like tinkering, or just like fixing stuff that you break, you may want to stay away from development kernels and wait for SuSE (or some other distro company) to provide you with a solid 2.6 kernel. If you are simply trying to upgrade to one of SuSE's kernels, then you don't want the source at all. Look for the k_default, or k_athlon packages... hope that helps, - Lowell -----Original Message----- From: James.Rocks@equant.com [mailto:James.Rocks@equant.com] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 3:42 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] KDE Done, Kernel Now (was "Is It My Imagination ...")? Hi Fergus, OK ... the KDE update was cool (thanks for that) and yes it looks really smart. A few things bomb out ... nothing major though. Not having so much success with the Kernel. I d/loaded the source RPM which was 2.4.19-115 (currently 2.4.19-74) and ran the program (RPM) which extracted the source (I also d/loaded a patch but I'm not sure what to do with what). I can't find a configure file so I'm a bit confused as to what to do now? It's quite possible I downloaded the wrong kernel (the one I got was source and even the smaller patch one was source). Another question ... I was reading in Linux User that Kernel 2.6 is about to come out and I was wondering, once I figure how to update a kernel, if I am able to use non-SuSE kernels as I presume there must be a 2.5.xx kernel available? James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com