Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964878AbWEUOlr (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 10:41:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964883AbWEUOlr (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 10:41:47 -0400 Received: from smtp.andrew.cmu.edu ([128.2.10.83]:40588 "EHLO smtp.andrew.cmu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964878AbWEUOlq (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 10:41:46 -0400 Message-ID: <44707C9D.1070606@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 10:43:41 -0400 From: George Nychis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060503) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nick@linicks.net CC: Willy Tarreau , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cannot load *any* modules with 2.4 kernel References: <446F3F6A.9060004@cmu.edu> <20060520162529.GT11191@w.ods.org> <446FAEE3.6060003@cmu.edu> <7c3341450605210032j9eb3da6y5f307a3198957214@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7c3341450605210032j9eb3da6y5f307a3198957214@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1479 Lines: 43 Before I build i do: PATH=/usr/local/modutils/sbin:$PATH Therefore it must be reading it first, sorry I should have mentioned this... just have done so much to try and get it to work I can't remember it all :) In response to Willy's post, yeah it was by hand, i can't get that comp on the network yet :( I will answer all your detailed questions and rebuild the kernel, but it didn't have any revisions after names, I'll rebuild with that exact .config i posted after a make clean mrproper to ensure its installing the new kernel. Then I'll also try disabling modversion. Thanks! George Nick Warne wrote: > On 21/05/06, George Nychis wrote: >> Okay, so heres what I did. I downloaded modutils version 2.4.27 and >> extracted it to /usr/local/modutils >> >> Then in my 2.4.32 kernel's Makefile, I changed the DEPMOD variable to >> point to /usr/local/modutils/sbin/depmod >> > > Well thats a half-arsed way to do it. The kernel makefile could be > using the new /usr/local/sbin/depmod and the system the old > /sbin/depmod /sbin/insmod /sbin/modprobe etc. > > Just install the new modutils to /usr/local/ and then add > /usr/local/sbin to your $PATH _before_ /sbin etc. so it is read > first. > > Nick > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/