modules
Hello. I'm new with testing. I have a few questions. Please answer or
send me to proper list. I used daily built of Sarge installer without
any big problems. Just trouble to get out of setting sources for apt,
but I did them manuallly and hit cancel which took me to main menu.
System works almost no problems just at the boot I'm getting message
"couln't open /etc/mtab" but from what I see this is typical problem of
this installer. I need advice.. I'd like to compile kernel. When I do
lsmod I see all my modules loaded :
snip
usb-uhci 19696 0 (unused)
usbcore 52588 0 [usb-uhci]
via82cxxx_audio 17756 1
ac97_codec 11412 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
uart401 6244 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
sound 50568 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
soundcore 3268 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound]
ide-scsi 8464 0
3c59x 24016 1
snip
but my /etc/modules looks like that:
sd_mod
ide-cd
ide-detect
If I go to /etc/modutils there are no my sound modules to load. When I
take look on my stock kernel config file above sound modules are
compiled as modules:
snip
# CONFIG_MSNDPIN_HAVE_BOOT is not set
CONFIG_MSNDPIN_INIT_FILE="/etc/sound/pndspini.bin"
CONFIG_MSNDPIN_PERM_FILE="/etc/sound/pndsperm.bin"
CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX=m
CONFIG_MIDI_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
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And they are in /lib/modules. How do they load? Kernel loads modules
automatically? How come they are not in /etc/modutils/aliases
Last kernel I compiled was 2.4.20 and I compiled modules and than added
them to /etc/modules so they load. SCSI and IDE I always compile into
kernel. And there comes my second question. I read 2 articles about
compiling Debian specific kernel.:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949&page=1
http://www.tux.org/~tbr/debiankernelpkg/
But all new kernels are coming with initrd.img. Is this a must or can I
compile old way?
Thanks for help
Andrey
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