From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eeyore.cc.uic.edu([128.248.171.51]) (2136 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 20:17:58 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from SDC1770 (sdc1770.eastdorm.uic.edu [131.193.225.179]) by eeyore.cc.uic.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA07323 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:18:01 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <007401c0a6a3$dc303200$b3e1c183@eastdorm.uic.edu> From: "Gregory Nowak" To: References: Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.18 help please Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:02:17 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 List-Id: Hi Geoff and all, I did "make dep" right after doing make config and before doing "make modules" and "make modules_install." Also if I decide to blow away my rc.modules file just for my peace of mind, then how do I generate one from scratch? I was also wondering ... the only file I downloaded is kernel-2.2.18.tar.gz. Should I have downloaded anything such as modutils? If so, then which version. Thanks for the help. Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Shang" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:29 AM Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.18 help please > Hi: > > The modules file is not system-generated. If you blow it away, you'll have > to rebuild it from scratch. The reason why this is is that you need to > instruct the system which modules are to be loaded and what, if any, > parameters to pass to them. > > However, you did mention something in your message that caught my > attention. make dep is one of the earlier parts of the kernel process and, > I think, would need to be run before make modules and make modules_install. > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >