[NTLUG:Discuss] kernel question / BTW 2.6.9 released

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David Evans wrote:

> [ good ] looks like you have a /proc filesystem mounted.
> [ hint ] seems like you're running a pre-2.2 kernel.
> seems like you're running a pre-2.2 kernel.
>         for DVD support you need to upgrade to a recent 2.2 or 2.4 
> kernel.
>         press <enter> to continue...
>
> it thinks i am running a pre 2.2 kernel but as you can see below i am 
> runnig 2.6. Has anybody had the same error running SUSE 9.1 as the os. 
> Or am I missing something

Are you sure you have your softlink in /usr/src pointing to your 
linux-2.6.5-7 source directory (ie: /usr/src/linux->linux-2.6.5-7) 
instead of it pointing to an older pre-2.2 kernel (or not present at all)?

If not, fix/set a softlink to your linux-2.6.5-7 as many applications 
use that to figure out what your kernel version is (ln -s linux-2.6.5-7 
linux).

This is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head when an 
application doesn't correctly find your kernel version source.  Others 
may have better solutions (particularly since I don't run Suse).

BTW, linux-2.6.9 is released today.