Installation of Dell network driver from dell-hardware-auto repository on CentOS 5

[Bryan]

kernel-devel is there for the running kernel.  If you look at the make.log
file does it list any errors?  maybe something like a mismatch between the
gcc version the kernel was built on and what's currently running?

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Eugene Pik <eugene.pik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> I have following kernel and dkms related packages installed:
>
> kernel.x86_64                            2.6.18-92.1.6.el5      installed
> kernel.x86_64                            2.6.18-92.1.1.el5      installed
> kernel.x86_64                            2.6.18-53.1.21.el5     installed
> kernel-devel.x86_64                    2.6.18-53.1.21.el5     installed
> kernel-devel.x86_64                    2.6.18-92.1.6.el5      installed
> kernel-devel.x86_64                    2.6.18-92.1.1.el5      installed
> kernel-headers.x86_64                2.6.18-92.1.6.el5      installed
> dkms.noarch                              2.0.17-1.el5             installed
>
> Do I need any of these?
>
> kernel-debug.x86_64                   2.6.18-92.1.6.el5      updates
> kernel-debug-devel.x86_64           2.6.18-92.1.6.el5      updates
> yum-kernel-module.noarch           1.1.10-9.el5.centos    base
>
> Eugene
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Bryan <bryan.madhatter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you have kernel-devel installed for the running kernel?  dkms won't be
>> able to compile a module without it.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Eugene Pik <eugene.pik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm trying to install Dell network driver from dell-hardware-auto
>>> repository on CentOS 5 using yum.
>>>
>>> At the end Yum tells it is installed but there are error messages that
>>> make me worried...
>>>
>>> All packages are updated using "yum update"
>>>
>>> Please advise.
>>> Eugene Pik
>>>
>>>
>>> # yum install bnx2.noarch
>>>
>>> ==========================================================
>>>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository
>>>  Size
>>> ==========================================================
>>> Installing:
>>>  bnx2                    noarch     1.7.1c-3.3dkms   dell-hardware-auto
>>>  2.5 M
>>>
>>> Transaction Summary
>>> ==========================================================
>>> Install      1 Package(s)
>>> Update       0 Package(s)
>>> Remove       0 Package(s)
>>>
>>> Total download size: 2.5 M
>>> Is this ok [y/N]: y
>>> Downloading Packages:
>>> (1/1): bnx2-1.7.1c-3.3dkm 100% |=========================| 2.5 MB
>>>  00:01
>>> Running rpm_check_debug
>>> Running Transaction Test
>>> Finished Transaction Test
>>> Transaction Test Succeeded
>>> Running Transaction
>>>  Installing: bnx2                         ######################### [1/1]
>>>
>>> Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/bnx2/1.7.1c/source ->
>>>                 /usr/src/bnx2-1.7.1c
>>>
>>> DKMS: add Completed.
>>>
>>> Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...
>>>
>>> Building module:
>>> cleaning build area....
>>> make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 -C
>>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/build
>>> BCMEXTSRCDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/build
>>> SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/bnx2/1.7.1c/build modules....*(bad exit status: 2)
>>> *
>>>
>>> *Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel*: 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
>>> (x86_64)
>>> Consult the make.log in the build directory
>>> /var/lib/dkms/bnx2/1.7.1c/build/ for more information.
>>>
>>> Installed: bnx2.noarch 0:1.7.1c-3.3dkms
>>> Complete!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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