On Tuesday 17 February 2004 04:18 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 02:48 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 19:40, Marc Resnick wrote: > > > > I recently compiled and installed a new kernel so ACPI would work. > > > > > > Which one? > > > > > > > Good News: ACPI works wonderfully. > > > > > > > > Bad News: Linux isn't recognizing device wlan0. Ifup wlan0 does > > > > nothing. Service network restart says that it's bringing up device > > > > wlan0, but it still doesn't show up in ifconfig. iwconfig also shows > > > > no wlan0. > > > > > > Check if the module is loading OK using 'lsmod' as command. If it isn't > > > try loading it manually with "insmod your_module_here". > > > > > > If it's there open a terminal "type "tail -f /var/log/messages" and in > > > another terminal "service network restart" and look for error messages > > > as to why it isn't coming up. > > > > > > There should probably also be error messages in "dmesg" (that's the > > > command you type) as well if the modules failed. > > > > > > > Oh, and my sound doesn't work either. It says something about not > > > > being able to access /dev at startup. But now that I think of it, I'm > > > > going to go check the permissions on it. I doubt that's the problem > > > > though. > > > > > > "dmesg" again;) > > > > > > Good luck, > > > HarM > > > > Well I found out that the problem was that the modules weren't found with > > the current kernel. So I copied all of the modules from my old kernel > > over to my new one(Don't worry, I made backups). That didn't work, it > > said they weren't recognized or something like that. So I'm guessing > > they're not compatible with 2.4.24. Is there some way to reinstall all my > > drivers and modules? > > If they aren't there you'll need to install/build them ...but why aren't > these modules there in the first place? > Isn't it a Mandrake kernel or did you install the modules yourself in the > prior kernel? > > > Oh, also, whenever I switch over from one kernel to the other to do > > stuff, I get a message, sc0 was removed and hdc was added, or vice versa. > > It asks me to run a config tool also. Any idea why this happens? I think > > it's related to the module and driver problem. > > Not with the wifi drivers, looks more like a different setting... scsi > versus edi. Just turn off "harddrake" as a service at boot and you won't be > bothered any more:) > > Good luck, > HarM
The sound module was already there in the prior kernel. I download the rpm for the wlan device, but all of the scripts are still in place, so I don't see why it shouldn't work. There must be some command to install and build all of the new modules, any ideas? Marc
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