On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 08:47:46AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > > 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.
Can you post which modules are not found ? > More symptoms....... > 1. In /lib/modules/2.2.17 there seem to be lots of modules and a > modules.dep file. Did you do 'uname --all' to be sure that you are actually running the server 2.2.17 ? Here is what you should have for sound in /lib/modules-2-2-17/misc (assuming you have a sound blaster compatible card ): sb.o opl3.o uart401.o adlib_card.o sound.o soundcore.o > 2. /etc/modules contains a list of modules In /etc/modules.conf, I have alias char-major-14 sb options sb irq=5 dma=1 io=0x0220 mpu_io=0x300 # your numbers may be different,OC post_install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card" options adlib_card io=0x0388 Actually, I have these lines in a file, /etc/modules/sound, so that they are put in /etc/modules.conf when I or the package manager run modules-update (this is the Debian Way to write modules config, I believe ... ) HTH etc... etc... > > Glyn M. > > > -- Ciao -- FB
