Well, when I do an 'lsmod' it reports nothing loaded.
But when I try to do 'insmod "modname"' it says
'no such file or directory'
eg
insmod 3c509.o OR
insmod ne.o both return the error message
Why?
Shane
--- intalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >Well you are right, John I did unzip before I
> removed
> >the symlink and so I overwrote the 2.0.36 source
> >files. Will this affect any of my devices after a
> reboot?
>
> Shouldn't. The sources are only used for making new
> kernel/modules. The running kernel/modules don't
> use them.
>
> >This morning when I rebooted it did not start
> >up my eth0 card, and I was wondering if this had
> >anything to do with it. But I also upgraded my
> kerneld
> >from 2.1.85 to 2.1.121. Maybe this is what is
> causing
> >the initialisation of eth0 at startup. It will not
> even start
> >when I go into X-Win and click on activate from the
> Kernel
> >Config menu.
> If kerneld did not compile correctly or was somehow
> misconfigured it might do that, but I'm not sure (I
> don't use it).
> I don't think that would do it unless your network
> driver is
> compiled as a module. If it is, type "lsmod" to see
> if you
> see the driver module in there. If not, then your
> module
> isn't loading, and that will do it. Just add "insmod
> 'modulename'"
> to rc.modules (If you are running slackware that is,
> I can't remember
> what it is in redhat, one of the files in
> /etc/rc.d/init.d I think)
>
> If you do see your module loaded, or if your driver
> is compiled into the kernel, then try typing:
>
> ifconfig eth0 IPADDR broadcast BROADCAST netmask
> NETMASK
> ifconfig eth0 up
>
> See if that returns any errors.
>
> Also, if your driver is compiled as a module, did
> you run
> "make modules; make modules_install" when you built
> your new kernel?
>
>
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