Re: Kernel 2.4.0 on Debian 2.2 R2

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson) wrote:
>Michael Madden <mjmadden_1999@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>I've got 2 Debian 2.2 R2 systems.  One has a NE2000 ISA NIC, and the
>>other one has a 3Com 3C509 ISA card. I've recently updated the kernel
>>to 2.4.0, and I'm having a great deal of trouble getting the network
>>cards working.  When it is booting up I get errors indicating the
>>device /dev/eth0 doesn't exist and it cannot load the module.  I've
>>confirmed the needed modules are compiled under
>>/lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/drivers/net.
>
>You need the modutils in testing/unstable. The version in potato is too
>old, as the layout of modules in /lib/modules has changed since then.
>The newer modutils is compiled against a newer glibc, so you might have
>to build it from source.

Actually, assuming you're on an Intel-compatible system, try:

  http://people.debian.org/~wakkerma/modutils_2.4.1-0potato1_i386.deb

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]