My compile adventure

[Bonez]

At the risk of sounding really stupid, here are more questions to your 
questions: 


On Thursday 02 January 2003 07:37, you wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Bonez wrote:
> > I found the new System.map in my /kernel/linux-2.4.20 folder and copied
> > it to my /boot folder er...directory (please no flames, it seems like a
> > folder to me) and tried booting again. It still was problematic. No NIC
> > recognition, no sound. I guess what I need to do now is go back and run
> > 'make menuconfig' and make sure I don't include SMP and retry it all.
>
> Did you compile support for your NIC & sound card?  Its not going to
> compile itself.

I know that my current working configuration under 2.4.2 uses the Tulip 
driver. When I boot up the new kernel it indicates that it is using or trying 
to use the Tulip driver, except that everything is marked under the NIC 
configuration screen with big red X to indicate it is NOT LOADED. 

I believe that's the issue, that those modules or drivers are not loading as 
they should at boot time. How do I dig through and find where it is failing? 
Would /var/log/messages provide a clue? I will gladly study through those 
messages if the key lies in there. 

Scott