[FSUG-Bangalore] Help needed : how to apply patch to linux kernel

[rajkumar vbalakrishnasamy]

which is the kernel source directory is it
/usr/src/Fc11/2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE/kernel or what?

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Balbir Singh <bsingharora at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:13 PM, rajkumar vbalakrishnasamy
> <rajkumar.lynx at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >      I need to install Gobohide tool in my Fedora core 11 system and i
> > download the software from http://www.gobolinux.org and extracted.Then i
> > navigated to the GoboHide/bin directory and executed the ./gobohide -h
> > command.The output is:
> >
> > [root at localhost bin]# ls
> > go  gobohide
> > [root at localhost bin]# ./gobohide -h go
> > ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > [root at localhost bin]#
> >
> > Then i noticed that i need to patch Linux kernel.So how to patch linux
> > kernel.And from which directory i have to patch Linux kernel.And this
> > command is right or wrong
> >
> > patch -i /path/to/gobohide.patch -p1
> >
> > if i excecuted this command i get the output as:
> >
> > [root at localhost bin]# patch -i
> > /home/user/Download/Linux/2.6.29.1-r1/01-gobohide.patch -p1
> >
>
> This is clearly incorrect, you seem to be in the bin directory, you
> should be in the same directory as the sources. Could you try after
> going to the kernel source directory and trying the same command?
>
> Balbir
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