Re: [debian-knoppix] /opt/kernel
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:31:25AM +0000, Alex Kirk wrote:
> Anyway, to my question: I've been working with my kernel in an effort to
> get wireless working, and ended up compiling a 2.4.21 kernel in the
> process. After doing so and running "make install_modules", I found that
> running "depmod -a" produced a *ton* of "unresloved symbol" errors in
> relation to alsa, and my sound was gone. I also saw errors about not
> reading ELF headers from /opt/kernel/build, as well as
> /opt/kernel/modules.dep not being an ELF file, etc.
Modules are not meant to be compatible between different versions of the
kernel or different configurations. If you recompile your kernel, old
modules will usually not work. ALSA is a third party set of modules, so
they'd need to be compiled again. On the plus side, I don't think you
need to recompile your kernel.
> Could you be so kind as to either point me to an online explanation of
> /opt/kernel and what's supposed to be below it, or quickly synopsize it for
> me (so I don't waste too much of your time)? Meanwhile, any ideas as to
> what my problem is would be greatly appreciated.
The </opt> directory is generally for third party junk, which is why the
Debian folks didn't know what was in it. I'm guessing Mr. Knopper threw
the third party modules into that directory.
As for your problem... what is it, exactly? You seem to have solved the
problem of not being able to use both network cards at once.
You may wish to check the "Wireless Howto",
<URL:http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Wireless-HOWTO.html>.
Hi, Alex :-).
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