Re: new kernel, new problems
--- Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote: >
Simon Tod wrote:
> > So why can't modprobe find any of the modules - if
> > indeed that's the problem - cause they're
> certainly
> > where they're supposed to be.
> >
> > Looking through the output of
> >
> > ~$ depmod
> > ~$ modprobe -a \*
> >
> > again suggests to me that it's some sort of
> dependency
> > or configuration problem... the same comment
> appears
> > again and again in the output
> >
> > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect
> module
> > parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
> parameters.
> >
> > What's that all about?!
> >
> >
> > --- Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote: >
> > Simon Tod wrote:
> >
> >>>Surely I don't need to do "make modules" and
> "make
> >>>modules_install" when I'm not compiling a kernel,
> >>
> >>just
> >>
> >>>installing a pre-built one 2.4.20-686 (and the
> >>>corresponding kernel-pcmcia-modules file)!? The
> >>
> >>output
> >>
> >>>of
> >>>
> >>>~$ depmod
> >>>~$ modprobe -a \*
> >>>
> >>>gives me the lengthy output in the attached file.
> >>
> >>How
> >>
> >>>does this help?
> >>
> >>Can you verify this module is actually here?:
> >>
> >>
> >>/lib/modules/2.4.20-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/acpi.o
>
> What does uname -a show?
> Don't top-post.
>
>
~$uname -a
Linux orient 2.4.20-686 #1 Mon Jan 13 22:22:30 EST
2003 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel
GNU/Linux
so there doesn't look like there's anything wrong with
that!?
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