Many thanks for the help thus far - I was clearly mixing two
methods of kernel compilation! Now, I've compiled the kernel
yet again (8th try I think) and STILL the system can't find the
modules - that is I get lots of "can't find xxxx module" at boot
up time.
More symptoms.......
1. In /lib/modules/2.2.17 there seem to be lots of modules and a
modules.dep file.
2. /etc/modules contains a list of modules
3. On firing up the Gnome sound mixer and the Gnome cd player
(both of which are installed, I get a message
"No mixers found. Make sure you have sound support configured in
the kernel." (it's sound support I'm after - the one thing
lacking).
It seems that something is not finding the information it needs
at boot time. Can anyone help me on this?
with thanks once again
Glyn M.
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