[TriLUG] making modules

[Barry Ruvio]

Hi Ben,
The thing is, that this was all working fine before I made my new kernel.
All I want to do is to put it back the way it was. I can get the new sources
for the newer kernels sometime later.
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Pitzer" <uncleben at mindspring.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] making module


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> Barry,
>
> Okay, you should be using at LEAST be running 2.2.18, I think, and you
> could be running kernel 2.4 if you could get it onto your system.  In any
> case, not having Internet access on that machine is key.  Somehow, you
> need to get the SuSE kernel's sources on RPM update onto a disk and port
> it over to the Linux side.  Once the kernel stuff is there, then you can
> go about compiling a new 2.4 or 2.2 kernel on your system.
>
> Incidentally, do you use a modem or a network card for your connectivity
> device, and do you know what make/model that modem/card is?  You need that
> information to track down what modules you need to get that device
> workable under your kernel.
>
> Good luck,
> Ben Pitzer
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Barry Ruvio wrote:
>
> > Hi Ben,
> > I'm using Suse 7.1 and I didn't realize that I'm using such an old
kernel.
> > At the moment, I can't print, use the internet and use the usb port so I
am
> > having to rely on Windows. If you could point out my error and what I
can do
> > to fix it I would be very happy.
> > Thanks,
> > Barry
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Pitzer" <uncleben at mindspring.com>
> > To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 2:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] making module
> >
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> > > Barry,
> > >
> > > First of all, what distro are you using, and why are you still using
> > > kernel 2.0.x?  You should probably be at least up to 2.2.x or even
2.4.x,
> > > unless your current distro specifically cannot handle anything more
modern
> > > than 2.0.x.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ben Pitzer
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Barry Ruvio wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have made a new kernel in order to tryout some new features with
video
> > capture. The new kernel won't run correctly and neither will the old
one.
> > The old one is having problems with finding modules. After making the
new
> > kernel I ran make modules and make module_install. I now have two
> > subdirectories in the modules directory. One is called 2.0.4 and the
> > original one is called 2.0.4-GB. One of the modules that the kernel
can't
> > find is the pppd and so I can't use the dialup ppp connection on Linux.
> > > > I tried doing a make mrproper to start over but this didn't help.
Any
> > suggestions would be appreciated.
> > > > Barry Ruvio
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