slackware 10.2 woes

[Kurt Wall]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 02:00:45PM -0500, Net Llama! took 30 lines to write:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, A. Khattri wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Net Llama! wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone have any quick ideas on how i can get the modules for the 2.6.13
> > > kernel installed?
> >
> > Assuming you've installed the source for 2.6.13 in the usual place, you
> > should be able to do this:
> >
> > # cd /usr/src/linux
> > # make modules_install
> 
> Actually, i don't think that's the right answer.  I don't buy that I
> should have to build my modules post-install when that is definitely not
> neccesary with the 2.4.x kernel.

I'm on board with you here.

> After poking around on the slack CDs, I found the 2.6.13 kernel-source
> package on CD#2 and installed it and was all set.
> 
> I'm calling this a bug, and moving on with my life.

Fair enough. It's bitten me a couple of times, too. I just keep a copy
of the 2.6.x sources and a known good .config around and build my own 
kernel after a fresh installation.

Kurt
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