On Monday 19 March 2001 01:16, you wrote: � Jerry Kreps wrote: � > � > When I did an "install everything" on the Beast this afternoon, I selected � > the 2.2.18 kernel. SuSE, on the other hand, decided on it's own that what � > I really needed was the 2.4.0 sources! So that's what I've got installed. � � Yes, so that when you compile programs they're compiled against the more � current kernel (should they include linux/*.h). Makes a lot of sense! � So THAT's why Y2 installs the sources for 2.4 - even when you select 2.2.18 (as I did) for your kernel... I guess it *does* make sense, although, being the relative newbie, I always get concerned when stuff like that happens... But doesn't one risk running into trouble, when compiling against a newer kernel than the actually running one? It's sort of like my system looking for parallel-ide-devices when I install ide-scsi to get my Plexwriter 8/432A to work... I mean - *I know* there are no par-ide devices in my setup, I *never* told Y2 (or Y1 for that matter) to go looking for parallel devices, nor did I do anything manually that would fool my system into thinking par-ide-devices are present, so what's up with that? Sure I *could* go RTFM (which is what I usually do), except I know my limits, and I don't expect to learn *everything* to use Linux... (Not that I don't want to, but you can only learn *so much* at a time :-) I mean: I wanna get sound going, I wanna get MIDI going, I wanna be able to read/write M$-word docs (for some reason), I want local time in my BIOS - AND the correct time on the taskbar, I'd like to get a dual-head setup going, as well as assorted remote-X between the hosts on my LAN, and so on... In fact - I want it all, and IMHO it shouldn't be necessary to know *everything* about everything, to get there... BTW the above mentioned symptom (what with the par-ide stuff) seems to have gone away since I installed the 2.2.18-sources...:-) � � > I ran YaST and told it to install lx_sus22 source files. I get a response � > message saying that such an action is not wise. � > indeed � > My thought is to go ahead and ignore this message and install the 2.2.18 � > sources anyway. But, having ran into unannounced brick walls before, � > I am wondering what land mines I might be stepping on if I do this? � > Should I uninstall the 2.4 sources first? � � Not necessary, it's a different directory. quite so But why would you want to � keep them if you want to change the /usr/src/linux link anyway... � To maybe save some time reinstalling it once one decides to switch to the 2.4?