[tlug] Making sure linux headers and sources are all lined up

[Dave M G <martin@??>]

TLUG,

I was recently installing updated LIRC drivers, and I got this error:

configure: error: *** you need to have the Linux kernel source installed 
for this driver

So I did this:

sudo apt-get install kernel-source

... and ran the configure script again. Same error.

I may be on the wrong track, but I'm thinking that over time I've mucked 
about with kernel headings and source and stuff that I don't know if I 
have the right ones that match my kernel, or that they are in the right 
place.

Is there a way I can rationalize the system just to make sure my install 
environment is sane and consistent with my kernel?

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Dave M G
Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
Kernel 2.6.17.7 (currently trying out 2.6.20-5-generic)
Pentium D Dual Core Processor
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