You can't patch a compressed rpm package. It won't work. Patch doesn't know what an rpm is. If you want to patch this src..then you would have to unpack it or install it into /usr/src then run the patch against the decompressed src. Cheers! * Richard McElligott (128bit@128bit.fsnet.co.uk) [011211 00:02]: ->:) Hello -> ->Ok ... im trying to patch the following kernel file : -> ->kernel-source-2.4.16.SuSE-15.i386.rpm -> ->so..from the instructions found at : ->http://home.sch.bme.hu/~cell/br2684/USAGE.br2684 ... -> ->i have to run the patch with the the following command: patch -p1 < ->/root/br2684-against2.4.2.diff -> ->which goes ok ..it then aske me for the file to patch so i say the ->following: -> ->/root/kernel-source-2.4.16.SuSE-15.i386.rpm -> ->but it then fails. -> ->Has anyone here done this kinda thing before ... exp this exact one please ->let me know. ->Thanks, ->Richard McElligott -> -> ->-- ->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the ->archives at http://lists.suse.com -> -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -AE