Re: problem compiling kernels
your problem is that you ran make modules_install on your laptop, which
installs your newly built modules over your laptops modules. You may also
notice that there are no modules on your terminals.
-Casey
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Philipp Bliedung wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Debian and fairly new to Linux.
> I compiled some kernels (I'm using kernel 2.2.17) for terminals in a
> network (so I removed everything they don't need from the kernel except
> the network stuff, etc.) I compiled them on my laptop b/c it's a lot
> faster. Anyway I did the following after I made the configuration with
> menuconfig:
> 'make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make
> modules_install'
> Well then I moved the kernels to these machines and everything worked
> out fine!! But now, when I boot the original kernel on my laptop I get
> these errors while booting:
>
> depmod: *** unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/ppp.o
> depmod: *** unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/dummy.o
> ...
> now I can't use my modem using ppp anymore b/c when I start 'pon' I get
> this:
>
> ioctl(TIOCSETD(PPP)): Invalid argument(22)
> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be
> because
> the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not
> included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a
> module, try '/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'
>
> -->'modprobe -v ppp' fails too.
>
> I don't know why this is happening b/c everything was working fine
> before I started compiling kernels.
> I don't know if 'make modules_install' is the cause for this but I guess
> it is.
> (I don't have a lot of experience in compiling kernels)
>
> Can anybody tell what causes this and how I can avoid this in the
> future?
>
> TIA
> Philipp
>
>
>
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