Re: Can't locate modules
On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 05:00:47PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote:
> >>>>> "ian" == ian <ianrs@SoftHome.net> writes:
> ian> I recently installed kernel 2.4.18 on my previously running potatoe
> ian> (v2.6). Everything seemed fine, except that none of my modules will
> ^^^ you mean 2.2r6?
> ian> load. I keep getting an error with modprobe;
>
> ian> modprobe: can't locate "the module"
>
> ian> I noticed that my /lib/module/2.4.18/module.dep is empty, could
> ian> this be a problem? ian
>
> AFAIK, you need to upgrade your modutils to at least version 2.4, since
> versions before that can't handle kernel 2.4's directory structure.
>
> Adrian Bunk used to have the necessary packages for running a 2.4 kernel
> under potato, but he resigned from Debian, and his directory got
> deleted. You might be able to find them somewhere,
http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html
Alternatively, you could probably now upgrade to woody quite safely.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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