Reinstalling Dahdi in FreePBX -- You do not appear to have the sources for the 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 kernel installed

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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Hi,
In my scenario, I have to reinstall Dahdi in a FreePBX. So, I am using a FreePBX image from asterisk.org and dahdi 3.1.0 also provided there.

When I run make in the dahdi installation folder, I get the message “You do not appear to have the sources for the 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 kernel installed.”

I already tried some of the suggestions I could find here and there like:

yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers
yum install kernel-$(uname -r)
yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
ln -s /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r) build

My system is:

[root@freepbx dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0]# hostnamectl
Static hostname:     freepbx.sangoma.local
Icon name:              computer-vm
Chassis:                  vm
Machine ID:             06c44c046c6b4ab981f384417717873a
Boot ID:                   7064fa0513ef4ae0a82cf734ad0d5f40
Virtualization:           kvm
Operating System:  Sangoma Linux 7 (Core)
CPE OS Name:       cpe:/o:sangoma:sng:7::server:utf8
Kernel:                     Linux 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64
Architecture:            x86-64

Make output:

[root@freepbx dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0]# sudo make
make -C linux all
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0/linux'
make -C drivers/dahdi/firmware firmware-loaders
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0/linux/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0/linux/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
You do not appear to have the sources for the 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 kernel installed.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0/linux'
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You need to install the kernel-devel package that matches the running kernel (or change the running kernel to match the kernel-devel package currently installed.

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Thanks for the reply. The running kernel matches the kernel-devel. I remove/install just to be sure. It’s still the same.

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DAHDI 3.0 will only compile on kernels 4.15 or newer.

“The setup_timer functions were removed in upstream kernel v4.15, and therefore
this change is needed in order to compile DAHDI for kernels >= 4.15.”

Use DAHDI 2.11.1 for older kernel

https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/DAHLIN-366

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Thanks for the reply. As you suggested, I tried an older dahdis: 2.11.0 and 2.10.0, but I still got the same make output.
I am not sure if I can (manually) upgrade my kernel version since I am using the most recent FreePBX image. Yet, I tried yum update kernel and yum upgrade kernel with both returning: the kernel was updated.

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You need the kernel-devel package as well. The usual problem is that people are running an older kernel but install the latest kernel-devel, but not installing it would have the same effect.

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Isn’t this what you are talking about?

# yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)

output:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Package kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
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I think you will need to look at the log from configure, to find out what it tested to make it think they were missing.