On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:00:38 +0000, Richard Pearce wrote: > Hi I've been trying to recompile my kernel however the list of modules coming out is > incomplete.. > > What i've been doing.. > > First off I got kernel-source.2.4.20 .. > then i did make menuconfig and decided on the stuff i want in the kernel.. > next i did make-kpkg kernel-image which after a while completed succesfully and > generated: > kernel-image-2.4.22_10.00.Custom_i386.deb > > I do the usual dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.22_10.00.Custom_i386.deb > > it then gives me the following message: .. > > "You are attempting to install a kernel version that is the same as the version you > are currently running (version 2.4.22). The modules list is quite likely to have > been changed, and the modules dependancy file /lib/modules/2.4.22/modules.dep needs > to be rebuilt. It can not be built correctly right now, since the module list for > the running kernel are likely to be different from the kernel installed. I am > creating a new modules.dep file, but that may not be correct. it shall be > regenerated correctly at next reboot. I repeat: you have to reboot in order for the > modules file to be created correctly. Until you reboot, it may be impossible to load > some modules. Reboot as soon as this install is finished (Do not reboot right not, > since you may not be able to boot back up until installation is over, but boot > imediately after). I cannot stress that too much. You need to reboot soon. Please > hit return to continue" > > I read that and thought yes ok, thats fair enough... i had a little look in > /lib/modules/2.4.22/ > and there's only 1 item in modules.dep which is > /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o and the > /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/ folder only has the arch folder in it > > I wasn't too concerned about that because i assumed it would rebuild the modules > list after i reboot.. like it says in the message above. So i reboot (after updating > grub!) :) .. > > I select the kernel i just created from the grub menu and the machine then boots.. > when type lsmod it only lists "apm" and when i look at the /lib/modules/2.4.22/ > folder absolutely nothing has changed since before i rebooted! > > I'm assuming there is a bug and that it should be rebuilding the modules list itself > .. however Is there anyway i can rebuild the modules list myself ? or perhapse build > the modules list seperately (i tried make-kpkg modules-image, but it just said done > and didnt generate anything) > > Thanks for your any help you can give!! :) > > -Rich > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi I've been trying to recompile my kernel however > the list of modules coming out is incomplete..</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What i've been doing..</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First off I got kernel-source.2.4.20 ..<BR>then i > did make menuconfig and decided on the stuff i want in the kernel.. > </FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>next i did make-kpkg kernel-image which after > a while completed succesfully and generated:</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial > size=2>kernel-image-2.4.22_10.00.Custom_i386.deb</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do the usual dpkg -i > kernel-image-2.4.22_10.00.Custom_i386.deb</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it then gives me the following message: .. > </FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"You are attempting to install a kernel version > that is the same as the version you are currently running (version 2.4.22). The > modules list is quite likely to have been changed, and the modules dependancy > file /lib/modules/2.4.22/modules.dep needs to be rebuilt. It can not be built > correctly right now, since the module list for the running kernel are likely to > be different from the kernel installed. I am creating a new modules.dep file, > but that may not be correct. it shall be regenerated correctly at next reboot. I > repeat: you have to reboot in order for the modules file to be created > correctly. Until you reboot, it may be impossible to load some modules. Reboot > as soon as this install is finished (Do not reboot right not, since you may not > be able to boot back up until installation is over, but boot imediately after). > I cannot stress that too much. You need to reboot soon. Please hit return to > continue"</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> > <DIV><BR>I read that and thought yes ok, thats fair enough... i had a little > look in /lib/modules/2.4.22/ </DIV> > <DIV>and there's only 1 item in modules.dep which is > /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o and the > /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/ folder only has the arch folder in it</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>I wasn't too concerned about that because i assumed it would rebuild the > modules list after i reboot.. like it says in the message above. So i reboot > (after updating grub!) :) ..</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>I select the kernel i just created from the grub menu and the machine then > boots.. when type lsmod it only lists "apm" and when i look at the > /lib/modules/2.4.22/ folder absolutely nothing has changed since before i > rebooted!</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>I'm assuming there is a bug and that it should be rebuilding the > modules list itself .. however Is there anyway i can rebuild the modules list > myself ? or perhapse build the modules list seperately (i tried make-kpkg > modules-image, but it just said done and didnt generate anything) <BR><BR>Thanks > for your any help you can give!! :)</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>-Rich</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
After you run make menuconf you MUST run make dep. Then you should run make-kpkg clean, and only then run make-kpkg kernel-image. P.S. Could you turn off the html garbage. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
