On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 05:35, David Mackay wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I've got one of the dreaded Compaq Presario 900 Linux > hating laptops. Unfortunatly the stock kernel locks up > USB even 2.4.20-18 in RH9. Therfore you have to > compile 2.4.21 with some patches to stand any chance. > I have done this and thought all was OK. BUT when i > reboot PCMCIA refuses to restart, if i run > /sbin/modprobe pcmicia_core, yenta_socket and ds by > hand it works, but on restart modprobe complains that > it cannot find the modules. I have attached my kernel > boot and syslogs FYI. My hunch is that it is something > to do with the PCMCIA script, it appears to use > /lib/modules/'uname - r' to identify which modules to > load and then does some stripping of the uname output. > I am wondering if my kernel being 2.4.21 is to short a > name!!?? Please help. > > Regards, David
That's not your problem. FWIW, I re-compiled 20-18 for NTFS - no problem. Using the same config file, 21 causes a kernel panic. My suggestion is to re-compile the older version to provide compat with your box. -- Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
