-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/09/08 22:16, Don wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 07/09/08 20:41, Don wrote: >>> I hope someone can shed some light on my situation...assistance will be >>> greatly appreciated. Nice to see a lot of helpful old timers still on >>> this discussion list -- your help in the past has been appreciated. >>> >>> I recently reinstalled Debian Lenny on my computer (long story, don't >>> ask) and in the process updated the kernel (previously 2.6.18) to >>> 2.6.22. I discovered last week that my Edgeport/8 USB to RS232 box no >>> longer works under Debian (but still works under Win2k). Investigating, >>> I found the io_edgeport.ko driver missing from 2.6.22 and even >>> 2.6.25-2-686 on the Debian package web pages. It apparently appeared >>> last in kernel 2.6.18. >>> >>> Why was this driver left out from the newer kernels? >>> >>> I do find the source files for io_edgeport.c and io_edgeport.h under the >>> /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ directory. >> >> Are you really asking is why it was not compiled in the binary kernel? > > Yes, that is one of my questions. It had been compiled in the binary > kernel before, but apparently dropped after 2.6.18. I read at one place > someone was proposing it was some kind of Debian policy violation. > >> What happens if you "# insmod -v io_edgeport"? > > kali:/home/don# insmod -v io_edgeport > insmod: can't read '-v': No such file or directory > kali:/home/don# insmod io_edgeport -v > insmod: can't read 'io_edgeport': No such file or directory
Sorry, that's "# modprobe -v io_edgeport". I always like the verbose option because it aids in failure debugging. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh1u8MACgkQS9HxQb37XmcyBwCcCGJqedSxzBtVPorLE1nhOfWM PSEAnjxM4PPHOVQRHNhgXuDn93HBXBIf =4hYK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
