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Title: Kernel sources and YaST

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Kernel sources and YaST

Symptoms:

One configures the kernel by typing:
```
        make config
```
and the queries described in the manual do not appear.
At boot-time or at compilation error messages do appear saying that the kernel and module version do not match.
Moduls can not be compiled due to version conflicts

Explanation:

Anytime a package that contains kernel sources is installed by YaST the link

        /usr/src/linux

is automatically set to point to the new sources. Being a normal user one will not recognize this at the beginning. Only when the above mentioned messages appear one realizes that something went wrong.

The kernel sources are always installed in /usr/src. The different versions own their own directories, e.g. /usr/src/linux-1.2.13 or similar. A kernel version is marked as active by the above mentioned link.

Solution:

Check which kernel versions were installed with YaST.
Check whether the link /usr/src/linux appears in the desired / correct kernel source directory e.g. /usr/src/linux-1.99.4.

Reset the link again, e.g. by

        cd /usr/src
        rm linux
        ln -s linux-2.0.0 linux

Keywords: KERNEL, YAST, MODULES, COMPILE

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