Re: Help!! with modules

[Pat Mahoney <patmahoney@gmx.net>]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:32:58AM +0800, Cam Ellison wrote:
> For some reason, I cannot get the modules loaded (or so it seems) with
> kernel 2.2.17.  I go through all the steps: make menuconfig make dep
> make bzImage make modules make modules_install make bzlilo.  I have
> made sure that everything is selected, and kernel module loading is
> enabled.  Boot goes OK, but then I get a string of error messages from
> insmod about modules that cannot be found.  I have run modprobe, which
> complains:
>  "Can't open dependencies file: /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep (no
> such file or directory)

Try running depmod.  Also check out kernel-package.  It contains make-kpgk
that compiles a kernel and puts it into a deb package.

[snip]
 
> Cam
> 
> 
> Cam Ellison, Ph.D., R.Psych.
> 
> cam_ellison@uniserve.com  or cam@fleuryassociates.com
> 
> >From the lovely Sunshine Coast, where it only SEEMS to rain.
> 

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