Alternatively, you can obtain the latest kernel source from your favorite vendor. For example, for RedHat, you would obtain: kernel-source-2.4.x.rpm and install it with rpm, then skip the first two steps in the next section.
1. Download kernel from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ (I assume you get linux-2.4.5.tar.gz and that you put it into /usr/src) 2. Download Alan Cox patch from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.4/ (I assume you get patch-2.4.5-ac12.gz and that you put it into /usr/src) 3. su root 4. cd /usr/src 5. Ensure that the directory linux does not exist, or if it is linked, remove the link or change the name. 6. Unpack the kernel with: tar xvfz linux-2.4.5.tar.gz 7. Unpack the patch with: gunzip patch-2.4.5-ac12.gz 8. Move the kernel source into a different directory: mv linux linux-2.4.5 or mv linux linux-2.4.5-ac12 9. cd linux-2.4.5 10. Apply the patch with: patch -p1 <../patch-2.4.5-ac12 There should be no errors. 11. make mrproper 12. Find a valid configuration file, and make sure it has the following configuration statements. If not, please add them: CONFIG_USB=m CONFIG_USB_LONG_TIMEOUT=y CONFIG_USB_LARGE_CONFIG=y CONFIG_USB_HID=m CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=m 13. make menuconfig or make xconfig (if you are running X) load a valid configuration file check the above values and ensure they are correct save config 14. Check what you saved by editing ./config You can skip this if you have done kernel builds before. 15. make dep 16. make clean 17. make bzImage 18. make modules 19. make install 21. make modules_install 22. If you boot from a SCSI, you will need to make a new initrd image 23. Update /etc/lilo.conf to include the new kernel. If you are using grub, edit the /boot/grub config file and skip steps 24 and 25. 24. cd /etc 25. lilo -v 26. reboot 27. Ensure that uhci and hid are loaded by doing cat /proc/modules If not, load them by hand. modprobe uhci modprobe hid