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Tyr-7BE
03-15-2001, 10:40 PM
I just compiled kernel 2.4.2, and this is the closest I've ever come to making it work. My mouse works, and everything looks identical to my old kernel. The only problem is the modules. I asked for monolithic ppp support, and modular support for the via-rhine chipset, as well as some other modular things. I did a "make deps, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install", changed lilo so that "testix" would boot up the new kernel, and started it up. Everything seemed good until gnome tried to look up my internet addy. There's no internet connection. I did a dmesg | more, and it said that there was no socket driver loaded. When I tried to manually start my ppp, it said that there was no kernel support for ppp, or it couldn't find a module. I did a "modprobe -v ppp", and it said that it couldn't find the ppp module. I typed "lsmod", and to my dismay, there were NO modules at all, even though I asked for them to be installed!
No monolithic ppp support, and no modules. Can anyone help me out as to what's going on? Running mostly debian potato, D-Link 530 TX NIC. I did fix the Makefile problem under /linux/arch/i386/boot that debian has in which you have to edit the makefile, so that's not the problem. Everything finished without a hitch so I'm not understanding this :confused:
Hmm have you done a 'uname -a' to verify you are actually running the newly compiled kernel? Your compile process is sound, but you may have skipped running 'lilo' after editing lilo.conf or perhaps skipped another criticle step in startup. You might try using the debian kernel-source and kernel-package tools instead, always works for me....
Luck!
Tyr-7BE
03-15-2001, 11:47 PM
I tried uname -a...it's 2.4.2 alright. I watch hopelessly as modprobes scroll by on startup with messages that they can't locate the proper modules. I'll try the debian kernel-source-2.4.2 and kernel package though...not quite sure how to use, but I get the impression that it ain't hard :)
Hmmm again, well thats a new one for me also...as for the kernel-package tools, it couldnt be easier. In fact, you can use the plain old kernel source with it and it compiles and installs your kernel neat as neat. Do an 'apt-get install kernel-package' and then head over to /usr/src/linux. Make the kernel config in the traditional way, whether it's 'make config' 'make xconfig' or 'make menuconfig'. Once your satisfied, save the config and then:
linuxprompt:/usr/src/linux# make-kpkg kernel_image
...building the kernel...
linuxprompt:/usr/src# dpkg -i kernel_image_name.deb
It will install the kernel, modules and run lilo for you if you wish. Give it a shot...
DaMasta
03-16-2001, 01:32 AM
Did you upgrade to the latest modutils?
Tyr-7BE
03-16-2001, 01:37 AM
Originally posted by DaMasta:
Did you upgrade to the latest modutils?
My modutils are those used in Woody...everything that's not optional is the latest. I'll give the kernel-package a try. Thanks :)
Bradmont
03-16-2001, 01:46 AM
Originally posted by Tyr-7BE:
I tried uname -a...it's 2.4.2 alright. I watch hopelessly as modprobes scroll by on startup with messages that they can't locate the proper modules. I'll try the debian kernel-source-2.4.2 and kernel package though...not quite sure how to use, but I get the impression that it ain't hard :)
I do believe the missing modules are probably from your previous kernel. I get the same thing, saying modules that I now have compiled directly into the kernel cannot be found. Anybody know what to edit to remove the attempted probing of these modules at boot?