My compile adventure

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Bonez wrote:
> 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 have no idea what you're talking about here.  I don't use a GUI to admin
my boxes.  Your 2.4.2 configuration is 100% irrelevant.  Did you compile
support for your NIC & sound card in 2.4.20?  That is the only thing that
matters right now.

> 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.

Are the modules loaded?  Look at the output from lsmod.  You could also
look in your messages log for errors, but if you didn't compile support
for your hardware in 2.4.20 then that's the source of the problem.

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