[KLUG Members] Compiling from source then installing by rpm

[Bruce Smith]

> I am in the process of setting up a Mythtv box with Fedora core 2.

It's easier with core 1 at this point in time.

> But there are a few things that do not work with the stock kernel.  

Like the nvidia accelerated X driver?

> There is a pretty good walk thourg how to get it done but it is from
> completely compiling from source.

Yes, nvidia is suppose to be coming out with a newer driver for the
later 2.6 kernels, but it's not out yet AFAIK.

> I like how how RPM's keep things nice and tidy.  Easy to uninstall and
> upgrade.  So I was wondering if compiled from source then will I be
> able to later switch over to rpm's again at a later time.

Normally when you compile a kernel from source you only put a couple
files in /boot and the new kernel has a ton of files in it's own
/lib/modules directory.

To remove it, delete the /boot files, remove the modules directory,
remove the source (where you compiled it), and remove the config lines
from your boot loader (grub.conf).  Quite simple actually.

 - BS