Re: depmod -a problem
Hi Manoj,
Take a bow. That fixed it.
I remembered reading about this and had deleted all the text files in
/lib/modules/2.0.29 thinking that they were the problem. Now I will have
to put them back!
Your help appreciated.
Lindsay
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On 27 Aug 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a problem with the newer versions of depmod and
> friends throwing a hissy fit over non .o files under
> /lib/modules/2.0.29/. Older versions did not have a problem, so older
> versions of kernel package left text files in /lib/modules/* as
> documentation (actually, this reflected what older kernel makefiles
> did).
>
> Since the change in behaviour of depmod, newer versions of
> kernel-package do not leave .o files in /lib/modules.
>
> To clean up, do
> % find /lib/modules/2.0.29 -type f | xargs file| grep -v 'ELF 32-bit'
> /lib/modules/2.0.29/modules.dep: ASCII text
>
> Any other file that shows up except for modules.dep should be
> removed.
>
> Upgrade your version of kernel-package if possible.
>
> manoj
>
> --
> When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to
> have been correct in the first place.
> Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
> Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
>
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