kernel 2.4.3 probs on slackware

[Datanode]

I have slackware 7.1 which has the 2.2.16 kernel i wanted a newer kernel as i have lots of new devices i wanted better support for so i went for 2.4.3 it all compiled ok and i can switch between the two no problems booting on either. However i can't get online with the 2.4.3 kernel. So i decided hmm lets see if the module is there and when i looked guess what it was not there :/ i know there is a new module directory structure there but its not anywhere did a find for it :) the only module found was the one from the old kernel.

I any ideas why this is happening i didn't c any errors when compiling either. couple of warnings on modules i new i didn't need. I made sure i had all the stuff i needed in the config. Even tryed make old_config to see if it would be there but no luck !!!

[willk]

Have you done the updates as described in ../linux/documentation/changes?
You also need to update kysmoops.

Also I have had better results when I do the udates ti install from source rather than the package manager....

[Lorithar]

*grins*

go back to the dir you did the kernel build in and make modules_install.

you wont find any modules in there if you built the capability into the kernel

I found that I had to upgrade my ppp to most recent .. .and I believe that [kernel source]/Documentation/Changes advises that you do this.

I hope that you followed the updates in the Changes doc ... there are several components that need to be upgraded whilst moving from 2.2.x to 2.4.x kernels.

-- a specific error would isolate where the problem lies.