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  From: Anthony Symons <ant@sa.pracom.com.au>
  To  : <reidand@gihs.sa.edu.au>
  Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:42:17 +0930

Re: 2.4.7 Kernel Modules Problem

Could be old modules left in the /lib/modules/2.4.7/ dir.

I've seen similar stuff, and adding an "mv /lib/modules/2.4.7
/lib/modules/2.4.7.old" between make modules, and make modules_install
fixed it. 

I had one case where I converted some hardware support from modules to
compiled in, and left the module there by accident and when I loaded the
kernel the compiled in driver loaded ok, then a bit later the module
tryed to load as well and locked up the box! 

Ant

reidand@gihs.sa.edu.au wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> Yes, it's me, just using a different account. It seems that the mail server no
> longer likes responding to my email, something I think is to do with the fact
> that we changed ISPs recently, and the dust is still settling.
> 
> On to the problem:
> 
> I'm building a machine and have grabed the 2.4.7 kernel and compiled it. I've
> installed a new version of modutils (2.4.6-1) and followed the following
> process:
> 
>   - make mrproper
>   - make dep
>   - make menuconfig
>   - make clean
>   - make
>   - make modules
>   - make install
>   - make modules_install
> 
> Now, when I reboot (after editing /etc/lilo.conf appropriately) using the new
> kernel and 'depmod -a' runs, I get lots of unresolved symbols errors. The error
> list seems to equate to anything compiled as a module, which is somewhat
> disturbing.
> 
> Can anyone suggest why this may be happening and remedies for it? Is it an issue
> with 2.4.7? Do I need a newer version of depmod or is there something else going
> on?
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> 
>    - andrew
> 
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