[NTLUG:Discuss] kernel updates...

[Richard Geoffrion]

...when I try to insmod the 3c509.o from the 2.2.16 modules directory it
fails....

it IS in the /lib/modules/2.2.16/net directory, but I can't insmod it from
there.  Likewise copying it into the ../2.2.18/net dir. fails too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Cox" <cjcox at acm.org>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] kernel updates...


> Look for it in /lib/modules/2.2.16/net
>
> If you don't find it there, then that's one step closer to the root cause.
>
> > Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> >
> > I am trying desperately to upgrade the 2.2.16 kernel that comes with
Slackware 7.1.
> > I've downloaded the current glib, modules, include files, and kernel
sources. I've done
> > make menuconfig; make dep, make bzImage; make modules; make
modules_install (edited
> > lilo.conf to add the new kernel) and booted up successfully with the new
kernel.  The
> > only problem is..(and it's a big one)  I can't load the stinking network
card drivers.
> > It doesn't find the 3c509 module during boot and of course when I try to
insmod the
> > 3c509.o from the 2.2.16 modules directory it fails.
> >
> > What steps am I missing?
> >
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