your problem is that you ran make modules_install on your laptop, which installs your newly built modules over your laptops modules. You may also notice that there are no modules on your terminals.
-Casey On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to Debian and fairly new to Linux. > I compiled some kernels (I'm using kernel 2.2.17) for terminals in a > network (so I removed everything they don't need from the kernel except > the network stuff, etc.) I compiled them on my laptop b/c it's a lot > faster. Anyway I did the following after I made the configuration with > menuconfig: > 'make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make > modules_install' > Well then I moved the kernels to these machines and everything worked > out fine!! But now, when I boot the original kernel on my laptop I get > these errors while booting: > > depmod: *** unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/ppp.o > depmod: *** unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/dummy.o > ... > now I can't use my modem using ppp anymore b/c when I start 'pon' I get > this: > > ioctl(TIOCSETD(PPP)): Invalid argument(22) > /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be > because > the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not > included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a > module, try '/sbin/modprobe -v ppp' > > -->'modprobe -v ppp' fails too. > > I don't know why this is happening b/c everything was working fine > before I started compiling kernels. > I don't know if 'make modules_install' is the cause for this but I guess > it is. > (I don't have a lot of experience in compiling kernels) > > Can anybody tell what causes this and how I can avoid this in the > future? > > TIA > Philipp > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
