On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:40:57 -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: >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. > (snip) >> "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.
I will have a go at both. Further analysis indicates that the modules are simply not being copied/written to /lib/modules/2.2.17. That is, there are only three that are: ppp_deflate.o, bsd_comp.o (in /lib/../net), and zft-compressor.o (in /lib/.../misc). There are no other subdirectories, and modules.dep contains only those three. Interestingly, the kernel source (i.e. in /usr/src/linux shows exactly those three modules in /usr/src/linux/drivers/modules, and no others). If I attempt to insmod rtl8139.o, for example (I'm trying to set up a home network), using /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/rtl8139.o, I get the error message: "couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for". Would it suffice to simply copy all the drivers to /lib/modules/2.2.17? TIA Cam Cam Ellison, Ph.D., R.Psych. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From the lovely Sunshine Coast, where it only SEEMS to rain.