Re: System.map problem

[Lazar Fleysher <fleysher@chudo.lanl.gov>]

On 17 Oct 2000, Moritz Schulte wrote:

> > after upgrade to 2.2.17 (from 2.0.36) I have noticed that when I give the
> > ps command I get the following error:
> > 
> > {aic7xxx_patch6_func} {rpc_debug}
> > Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.17 does not match kernel data.
> > Warning: /usr/src/linux/System.map has an incorrect kernel version.
> > after that, normal ps output...
> > 
> > Could someone tell what the problem is and how to fix it?
> 
> Linux searches for the correct System.map, which gets generated during
> the Linux build process, in /boot/System.map-<suffix>. Where <suffix>
> is the suffix, which the linux image itself has.
> 
> For example:
> If your Linux image is in /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-foobar-pre2, your
> System.map should be /boot/System.map-2.2.17-foobar-pre2.
> 
> Have you compiled Linux yourself and forgotten to copy the System.map?
> The kernel-deb's generated by kernel-package manage the System.maps
> automatically.

Yes, it happend after I compiled the kernel, and yes, I see that size
of /boot/System.map-2.2.17 is different from that of
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/System.map

If I understand you correctly, after compiling the kernel, I have to copy
..../kernel-source-2.2.17/System.map to /boot/System.map-2.2.17.
Could you confirm that I am correct, as I have never done that before and
never had that error (or warning)?

Thank you,

Lazar