Fw: linux newbie

[Ben Scott]

[replying on-list to an off-list reply, with the author's permission)

On 1/15/07, mike miller <k4ghp at comcast.net> wrote:
> Thanks.  I was working as root when building the driver, so that wasn't the
> problem.  I'll try your suggestion on fixing the broken links.  Worst case I
> can just reinstall fc6 and look at those files immediately after
> installation.  Then if they cause trouble I'll be able to fix them.

  I suspect the problem here is that the build process is expecting
some file or directory to be there, but said file/directory is
missing.  I further suspect that the reason the thing is missing is
that some package (RPM) is not installed on your system, but is needed
by the build kit.

  Sometimes, the package(s) you need will be mentioned in the
installation instructions or release notes.  More often, the developer
assumes that every computer in the world has the exact same
configuration as his own computer.

  If you post the information from that "file" command run on the
broken link, somebody here might be able to tell you need to install.

-- Ben