Slack module prob

[pjo123]

I've taken the plunge and installed Slack 10.

It seemed to go reasonably smoothly and as soon as the install finished, I updated the kernel to 2.6.7 following instructions on the web.

This all seemed to go well although I suspect I missed out some needed things when running menuconfig.

I selected various things as M yet when I boot into 2.6.7 and do /sbin/lsmod it tells me it there are no modules to be found.

I compiled the kernel as follows:
cd /usr/src/linux
mv linux linux.old
ln -s linux-2.6.7 linux
cd linux
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make bzImage
make moduules
make modules_install
mv /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.old
cat arch/i386/boot/bzImage > /boot/vmlinuz
mv /boot/System.map /boot/System.map.old
cp System.map /boot/System.map

I am busy searching the net and readme files as I type but wondered if any of you experts out there know what I am likely to have done wrong to have no modules please?

One thing I've noticed is that Slacks kernel compiles about 100 times quicker than Mandrakes (or could that be due to me missing out too many needed things?)

Anyway I'm having fun and have managed to get Gnome working fine.

best

Phil

[ph34r]

The various make commands have changed for the 2.6.x kernel series... that's probably your problem...

[andysimmons]

No, what he has should work for 2.6 kernel. It'll tell you when certian 'make's are deprecated.

Just to double check, did you really use 'make moduules'? If so, that should be 'make modules'. If not, I couldn't say off the top of my head what would be wrong.

[hard candy]

Try "modprobe -l | more" and see if the various modules listed are loaded.
(With "more", you use "Enter" to scroll, "q" to quit and it keeps the list visible.) Ex: "modprobe module" will tell you if it is loaded already and if not will load it. Also, try "depmod -ae" to update the listings.

[JohnT]

Have a read..."The Zen of Slack"
http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl8_depmod.htm

[pjo123]

Thanks all.

I did use `make modules` and not `make moduules` that was just a typo in my post.

A lot of things appeared wrong so in the end I gave up and re-installed Slack.

This time instead of using make menuconfig, I copied over my .config from my old kernel and used `make oldconfig` instead.

Now I have almost everything working. Adsl, sound , windows, modules, all working fine.

Only thing I've got to work out now is why when it boots, I get a blank screen. Just glad I set up X before hand so I can blindly log in.

I can see the attraction of this distro, the speed of installation and kernel reconfig is extremely quick compared to mandrake.

best

Phil

[pjo123]

I've fixed the blank screen. It was set as VESA instead of VGA in my lilo.conf

best

Phil