"Thomas R. Shemanske" wrote: > Richard Black wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > I am trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.3 to 2.4.9. Everything seems > > okay, _except_ I have no sound and no network (both work fine with > > 2.4.3). As best as I can tell, the my compilation options are the same > > (or very similar) in both versions. > > > > The sound I can tackle later, but the lack of a network is real pain. > > > > What I have found is that I can not load the modues ds or i82365 (and > > hence my network card driver: 3c589_cs). When I try to probe them or > > insmod them I get an error "init_module: can not load" (sorry, I don't > > have the exact text) with the suggestion that I check my ports and IO > > settings. > > > > Where do I do this? I am not setting them in /etc/modutils or > > /etc/modules.conf--I never had to with 2.4.3. > > I am a little confused about what you are doing. Have you compiled > pcmcia-source for the 2.4.9 kernel and installed the modules in the > pcmcmia subdirectory of /lib/modules/2.4.9 or are you building the > pcmcia support into the kernel, but doing so as modules.
I am not using pcmcia-source. I am building support directly into the kernel (as I did with 2.4.3) > > > When I first upgraded the 2.4 series kernel (2.4.5), I had to use the > pcmcia-source route and say no to all the PCMCIA options in the kernel > config, ...hmmm, I guess I was luck with 2.4.3! I had no problem there > but with 2.4.7 and later, I have been able to configure > everything in the kernel. On the other hand, I do build the networking > in and not as modules. I haven't tried it the other way. > Guess I could try this...I'm not sure that it will help though! thanks for you help Richard > > The only thing I can think of > > is that it is something to do with initrd--whatever that is! > > I would not think that initrd is the issue (initial ram disk), for large > kernels. If you haven't specified that option in the kernel build > (make-kpkg --initrd ...) and modified your lilo entry to reflect the > existence of an initrd, I don't think this is the issue. If it were, it > would be suggesting that the networking modules need to be loaded at > some early phase in the boot process. Beats me. Try building the > options in as a test (CONFIG=Y instead of m) > > > -- > Thomas R. Shemanske > (Mailing Address) (Office/Internet Information) > Department of Mathematics 203 Choate House > 6188 Bradley Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dartmouth College http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~trs/ > Hanover, NH 03755-3551 (603) 646 - 3179 > > Directions: http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~trs/choatehouse.html > Office hours: > http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~trs/frontmatter/office.html > > Fall Term Office Hours: M,F 3 - 4:30, W 8:30 - 10.
