dave1959

I have dl the Slackware 10.0 and keeps saying i have a 2.4.31 kernel
all the images on the cd were 2.4.26 I am trying to load a realtek nic
and it keeps saying that this driver is compiled for a 2.4.26 and my kernel
is 2.4.31 --- help

I have compiled/tried several drivers and can't get the nic to work

I had a linux version on this drive before but i'm sure i deleted all old partitons
from the earlier version. (9v slackware it worked great O why did i mess with it )

kern

That driver you are using, you probably don't need to load your own custom driver, use one the kernel provides.

have a look through /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and try and find the module that corresponds to your realtek network card, uncomment it by removing the # at the front, then save and reboot.

dave1959

yes i did try that earlier but no joy
I get the error: at start up

modprobe: can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.dep (no such file or directory)

sounds like something is missing the source perhaps.

kern

look in /var/log/packages, do you have a kernel-generic and a kernel-modules package installed? what version are they?

I dont think you have any modules in /lib/modules/, or not the right ones, try as root though, that will rebuild your module depende ncies file modules.dep

dave1959

ls kernel*
listing for /var/log/packages:

kernel-headers-2.4.26-i386-3
kernel-idle-2.4.26-i486-4
kernel-modules-2.4.26-i486-3
kernel-source-2.4.26-noarch-4

depmod -qa gives:

depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.dep for writing

kern

try this for me
does it say 2.4.26 or 2.4.31?

also, whats in /lib/modules/

dave1959

uname -a gives:

Linux sdfs 2.4.31 #6 Sun Jun 5 19:04:47 PDT 2005 i686 unknown unknown GUN/Linux

the /lib/modules

2.4.26/

dave1959

i tried to rebuild the kernal last night by coping all the files from the /usr/source/linux/2.4.26 directory into a new directory 2.4.31/
seem to build ok but network and other hardware not being loaded

might have to bite the bulit and reinstall a later version or drop back to 9
for the time being - not a problem really.

Thanks for your help Kern

kern

you could fix this by dropping into init 1, doing a then installing the correct kernel-generic, kernel-modules, and kernel-source (not really needed) packages from the actual CD. Then running have you a specific need as to why you are compiling your own kernel?

kern

Thats not going to work, whatever directory its in, its still the 2.4.26 kernel source, and you'd be building a 2.4.26 kernel with it, not 2.4.31.