Re: unresolved symbols and other problems

Now if I boot the 2.4.29 kernel then X starts okay and I can use it
with icewm but I cannot use my pcmcia network card an Asus WL-107G
so I cannot access my main PC.

Before setting up with ndiswrapper I run depmod -a I and get a
series of 'unresolved symbols' errors relating to wlan.o,
wlan_acl.o etc ath_hal ath_pci.o etc so don't set up the driver
with ndiswrapper.

I downloaded the 2.4.29 source and compiled it and ran

make clean && make dep && make && make modules && make
modules_install but it still complains.






If I boot the 2.6.12 kernel

I get no unresolved symbol errors so I use the network card with ndiswrapper


This was the problem from a fresh install with no attempt to alter
anything.

The mouse did not work for either kernel until I ran xorgconfig a few
times and eventually chose PS/2 for the mouse type. Then it worked
with the 2.4.29 kernel. Thanks,
Norm



Sorry, no, I ran make oldconfig guess tha may be the problem!!!!

I mean't I may not have made some configuration changes using make oldconfig

as opposed to using make menucinfig.

*that* is compiling the kernel.


I don't know if you're deeper into linux
then you wanted, or the conflict is too much or what,

Not at all, I will go on until I find out what is wrong even if I end up trashing all of this because i want to learn and understand.

Atfer all if I just wanted to shell out money for poor proprietry softwoare I could have bought MS and never learned anything except how to disinfect and re-install it.

but just try
removing the /usr/src/linux-2.6.xx directory and then reinstalling that
kernel and then doing a make modules modules_install from that directory
and then a depmod -a and reboot. and that might do it, if not - you have
to compile the kernel for 2.6 to work end of story. You might also check
that your /etc/modules.conf is loading modules that exist in
/lib/modules/2.6... and they don't have completely different names in
lib/modules/2.4...
But I have no problems with depmod -a and the 2.6.12 kernel without doing any of this so how would it change anything?


Norm
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