On Wednesday 30 July 2003 05:16, Bud Roth wrote: > On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 08:13, Jason Stubbs wrote: > > Try depmod -a -F /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r5/System.map > > Don't know if it'll work, but could be the problem. > > I did that, but to no avail. There is no System.map. See: > > # ls > COPYING MAINTAINERS README config.old dell_config > include kernel-config patches.txt > CREDITS MAINTAINERS~ REPORTING-BUGS config_bkup > drivers init lib scripts > Changelog.rmap Makefile Rules.make config_dell_alt > fs ipc mm te > Documentation Makefile~ arch crypto > grsecurity kernel net > # pwd > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r5 > > The fact that it is missing is suspicious. What makes System.map? I > don't know why it is not there. I did > > make clean > make dep > make bzImage modules modules_install > > Any ideas? Is "Set version information on all module symbols" enabled? I don't think it should need to be, but it can't hurt. Actually, I remember having this problem myself a long time ago. I think I did a make distclean and doing everything from scratch fixed it. Or you could unmerge, delete the src tree and remerge.
> > > > > without this module support (iptables needs the ip_table kernel > > > > > support as a module not built-in), even thou i love gentoo.. i'll > > > > > prolly have to siwtch back to redhat **shudder**.. > > > > What is this? A threat? Please don't assume that a lack of help is > > because we don't want you with us. It is almost exclusively a lack of > > knowledge (or understanding) of a problem in situations that there are no > > valuable replies. > > Actually, I hijacked another person's message, someone who was having > the same problem as myself, so I didn't actually write that. I suspect > it was exasperation, not a threat. I myself, if all else fails, would > go back to SuSE, not RedHat, but that is _not_ a threat and I am not > about to give up. ;-) I appreciate the help. Please don't think > otherwise. No sweat! Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
