Re: Need some help on kernel modules

From: Baho Utot (baho-utot_at_philippines-island.org)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:08:18 GMT

Andreas Janssen wrote:

> Hello
>
> Baho Utot (<baho-utot@philippines-island.org>) wrote:
>
>> I compiled kernel 2.4.26 and it gives me two errors
>>
>> 1. /etc/modules.conf is more recent that
>> /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep. What causes this and how do you fix
>> it?
>
> The error message tells you what the problem is. Try depmod -a to
> rebuild the modules.dep file. That way it should be more recent than
> modules.conf.
>
>> 2. modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10-135.
>> I known it is looking for a piece of hardware, but which one is it? I
>> would also like to know how to look this up. Ie where can I get a
>> "list" of these type modules so in the future I can fix this myself.
>
> Google. Google Groups.
>
> $path/to/kernel/source/Documentation/devices.txt hast a list of major
> and minor numbers the what devices they are used by.
>
> best regards
> Andreas Janssen
>

Thanks
I now just need to learn about kernel modules 

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