kernel help

[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

depmod -qa

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

uname -a

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

removepkg /var/log/packages/kernel-generic*
removepkg /var/log/packages/kernel-modules*
removepkg /var/log/packages/kernel-source*

then installing the correct kernel-generic, kernel-modules, and kernel-source (not really needed) packages from the actual CD. Then running

lilo -v

have you a specific need as to why you are compiling your own kernel?

[kern]

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/

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.