Re: Problem installing Potato on Inspiron8000

[Lee Bradshaw <lee@sectionIV.com>]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:28:04AM +0200, Emilien Arino wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Sorry, the precompiled kernel was made for my laptop which has the
> > Actiontec combo card. You have to recompile your own kernel, based
> > on the kernel config file that was enclosed to the tarball. Just
> > disable the incorrect Ethernet driver and enable yours.
> > Best use make-kpkg to build the kernel so that you will get a deb!
> >
> 
> I recompiled the kernel using your kernel config file (with the 3com
> ethernet driver enabled and the etherpro disabled).
> I recompiled it on another computer running Potato using the following
> commands:
> make-kpkg clean
> su root
> make-kpkg --revision=custom kernel_image

Then use

  make-kpkg modules_image

to recompile pcmcia and then install both new .deb files.

See /usr/share/kernel-package/README.modules for more info.

> 
> Then I installed the new kernel ant the patched pcmcias debs (included in
> Dell.tgz) but at reboot, I get tons of:
> depmod : unresolved symbol in /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/3c574.o
> ...
> ...
> (one for each module listed in /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia)
> 
> There are also a few
> modprobe :modprobe : Can't locate module nls_ cp437.0
> ...
> 
> But the ethernet card works.
> 
> Is it because I didn't run : make modules ? Do I have to run : make modules
> even if I use make-kpkg?
> 
> Thanks,
> Emilien Arino
> 
> 
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Guenter
> >
> > --
> > Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
> 
> 
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