compiling Redhat8.0 kernel for video card question?

[joecho at everestkc.net]

Hello,

I'm still trying to figure that out how to resolve my laptop video card.
Without X windows on Laptop, that suck, Really!

I had asked this video card problem a couple of times already.
but, life is not that easy to follow.
There is always one more thing come up you don't expect.
That sound's familar to me from one of my previous boss told.

Well, last time, Charles mentioned that
in order to get a right video driver
nvidia from GeForce 2 GO with 16 video RAM installed, I need to compile
this 
Redhat 8.0 kernel ( uname -r: 2.4.18-24.8.0).

I download the files kernel-2.4.18-24.8.0.src.rpm.gz from Redhat web
site.
and unzip it and 

#up2date -f kernel-2.4.18-24.8.0.src.rpm

I got the message below:

Fetching package list for channel: redhat-linux-i386-8.0...
#############################################

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: redhat-list-i386-8.0...
#############################################
None of the packages you requested were found, or they are already
updated.

[root at sun]#

So, I assumed that compiling environment is ready.

I did this:
#rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm

I still got an error message like  the one previous:

+ INSTALLPATH=/lib/modules/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/video
+ mkdir -p
/var/tmp/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0//lib/modules/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/video
install: cannot stat `nvidia.o': No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.24561 (%install)

[root at sun]#

>To be on the safe side, you should make sure your kernel source is
configured properly.
>
>CD to /usr/src/linux-<version>/
>copy the appropriate config file for your CPU..
>from: configs/
>to: .config

>Run "make menuconfig", and exit SAVING YOUR CHANGES
>Follow this with a "make dep", and your kernel tree should be set.

Well, I have checked the directory
/usr/src/
I have only /usr/src/redhat/

and under the directory
there are four sub-directories:
BUILD RPMS SOURCES SPECS SRPMS

any suggestions,

It is the most challenging to me configuring video card.

Thank you all for your kind support,

Joe Cho
joecho at everestkc.net
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