Dave,
what does dmesg say.. it normally has more info on what exactly is wrong with the module..
#> modprobe ppp_generic FATAL: Error inserting ppp_generic (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.ko): Invalid module format
#> dmesg | tail -1 ppp_generic: version magic '2.6.5-1.358smp SMP 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3' should be '2.6.5-1.358smp SMP 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3'
Hmmm, so we've got a disagreement about what sort of Pentium we are, the module is for a 585 but the hardware's definitely a 686.
#> uname -r -v -m -p 2.6.5-1.358smp #1 SMP Sat May 8 09:25:36 EDT 2004 i686 i686
Here's what rpm reports about the kernel and relevant modules....
#> rpm -q -i -l kernel-smp | egrep '(Name|Version|Release|Summary|vmlinuz-2|ppp_generic.ko)' Name : kernel-smp Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.6.5 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 1.358 Build Date: Sat 08 May 2004 23:48:48 EST Summary : The Linux kernel compiled for SMP machines. /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358smp /lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.ko
Huh!? So now I'm confused. The package says kernel-smp, so am I right in thinking that this smp kernel will work on any x86 multi-processor hardware, but the ppp_generic module is hard-wired to be only for a 586? So this module will only load on a i586, seems hard to believe such a fundamental issue could be in the kernel packages this late in the game,
Where do I go from here?
Thanks
Pete
P.S
I'll put my money on different compiler :-)
Bzzzzaat! :-) Well couldn't resist. But thanks for the dmesg tip, I think I've reached the stage where I'm forgetting things about Linux faster than I'm learning about all the new stuff. Dkms, wonerful stuff :-) but a whole new learning exercise. :-(
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