ok, literally 2 seconds after i wrote this huge stupid message, i did a "make
menuconfig" in the kernel source and found an option called "kernel module
loader". when i get info about this option, it says "turn this on if you
want the kernel to load appropriate modules at boot time". so, i'm going to
turn this on, recompile and hope things work...=)
On Thursday 28 December 2000 11:08, you wrote:
> arg, i need you all's help...=(
>
> i just got 2 new computers, a P3 866 Dell and an Athlon 1.1 ghz that i
> built myself. i've had to recompile the kernel on both machines.
> everything went fine on the dell, everything still works.
>
> after recompiling on the athlon, things still >work< persay, but nothing
> loads automatically.
>
> 1) when booting, i get a error when trying to bring up eth0: "Delayed
> device initialization". then to get my ethernet working, i have to type:
>
> modprobe eth0
> ifup eth0
>
> why doesn't it do it automatically anymore? did i forget to turn on some
> kernel option such as "automatically load require modules" or something?
>
> 2) this problem really bugs me...
> i have GeForce2 cards in both my machines, and so have the nvidia drivers
> installed. but get this, i have to reinstall the nvidia kernel drivers
> everytime i reboot my athlon or else X won't start! if i don't reinstall
> the nvidia kernel drivers after i reboot my machine, X gives me an error
> message when booting:
> "blah blah, the nvidia kernel drivers don't appear to be installed
> properly" its a simple matter of
>
> cd /usr/local/src/NVIDIA-kernel-0.9-5
> make install
>
> to fix it, but i shouldn't have to install the dang drivers everytime i
> want to run X. i suspect "make install" runs some scripts that change some
> config files somewhere, but why aren't those files being saved through
> reboots?
>
> 3) and this problem is the worst!
> my sound doesn't work at all. when booting, i see the correct sound module
> is loaded and when i login and do an "lsmod", i see soundcore and emuk10k1
> are loaded as they should be. infact, even my speakers make noises when
> emuk10k1 is loaded. but when i start kde2, no sound, no sound in xmms
> either. i have a soundblaster live! with mp3+.
>
> everything worked fine on the kernel that was installed by redhat6.2, but i
> have to upgrade to kernel 2.2.18 on the athlon so the i can turn off the
> "disable cpu serial number blah blah" option (the athlon will cause the
> kernel to panic if this option is on).
>
> thank you so much for the help,
> christopher
>
>
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