Fun with lirc and streamzap...

[Bruce Labitt]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> Quoting Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at verizon.net>:
>
>> Thanks for catching that.  Now trying to compile lirc.  I ran 
>> ./setup.sh in lirc.  It complained that I did not have the Linux 
>> kernel source installed.
>>
>> configure: error: *** you need to have the Linux kernel source installed
>>        for this driver
>>
>> How do I do this on FC6?  I guess I need to check which kernel I'm 
>> running, and to load the matching source.
>
> yum install kernel-devel
>
>> Thanks for humoring me.  I haven't done this before so it seems quite 
>> intimidating.
>
> If you like I can just email you my dkms-lirc package that builds
> the streamzap module.
>
> -derek
>
Hmm, I tried to do this [yum install kernel-devel].  This is what I got.
...
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel-devel.i586 0:2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
 kernel-devel            i686       2.6.20-1.2948.fc6  updates           
4.8 M
Removing:
 kernel-devel            i586       2.6.20-1.2948.fc6  
installed          15 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)        
Update       0 Package(s)        
Remove       1 Package(s)        

Total download size: 4.8 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test


Transaction Check Error:
  package kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 (which is newer than 
kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6) is already installed
  package kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 is already installed

Error Summary

As I recall when the system was originally installed there was a problem 
that the kernel was updated incorrectly by the OS.  How does one get out 
of this mess?  How do I find out which kernel is actually running?

I would greatly appreciate if you could send the dkms-lirc package to me.
Thanks