Re: modules/kerneld problem
On Sat, 18 May 1996, Gerry Jensen wrote:
> I recently upgraded several packages in the unstable directory including the
> modules package. I am running kerneld. After the upgrade, when I tried
> to execute pppd I get "Sorry - this system lacks PPP kernel support".
> When I try to do insmod ppp I get:
>
> slhc_free undefined
> slhc_init undefined
> slhc_toss undefined
> slhc_uncompress undefined
> slhc_remember undefined
> slhc_compress undefined
> Loading failed! The module symbols (from linux-1.99.5) don't match your
> linux-1.99.5
Hmm. Sounds like slhc doesn't get loaded. But FYI "insmod" != "modprobe".
'insmod' doesn't even know what a dependency is. 'modprobe' does. So
you should get into the habit of 'modprobe'ing modules...
> I suspected the problem might have been the new /etc/conf.modules file so
> I put the old one back. After rebooting, it worked again as before. But,
> for some silly reason I didn't believe it was a problem with the new
> /etc/conf.modules and moved the new one back over the old one that was
> working. Now I have the same problem again. Are other people having this
> problem? I can still do "insmod slhc ; insmod ppp" and have things work,
> but it's not loaded automatically by kerneld anymore apparently because
> some dependency information is wrong.
Dependencies wrong? Could be. Try "depmod -a". Then you should be able to
load ppp using "modprobe ppp". If that works, then kerneld will probably
be happy too.
Christian
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