> On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:47:45PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > I've compiled 2.4.17 kernel as kernel-image package on my woody machine and
> > installed it on a potato machine. I made a reboot with the new kernel and
> > after that it refused to load modules ("Can't locate module...").
> >
> > lsmod and even modconf doesn't list any module, so I tried 'depmod -ae
> > 2.4.17' but that didn't help. It created /lib/modules/2.4.17/modules.dep
> > but
> > the file is empty.
> >
According to the Documentation/Changes file that came with the kernel
sources, you need the following versions for a 2.4 kernel to run. I suspect
this your problem:
Version Needed How to check for current version
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o Gnu C 2.95.3 # gcc --version
o Gnu make 3.77 # make --version
o binutils 2.9.1.0.25 # ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
o modutils 2.4.2 # insmod -V
o e2fsprogs 1.25 # tune2fs
o reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j # reiserfsck 2>&1|grep
reiserfsprogs
o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 # cardmgr -V
o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version
o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
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David Raeker-Jordan
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Harrisburg, PA, USA
