can't load module e100

bingobob · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:49 pm Post subject: can't load module e100

Anyone shed any light on this one...my machine is running as i want it, and the net is up but I've got these annoying messages regarding e100 in my log, any ideas. I've used hotplug - I think it might be related to that ?

All help appreciated - luvin' gentoo at the moment and learning more and more each day - this is my 2nd build, actually used some USE flags this time around..It's a headless machine - pentium2 and will run apache, ftp and ssh basically. Next project will be getting a wifi usb stick working, gonna be a challenge that - failed on my last build....

I think i can ignore the bind to port 22 error also ?

Here is the problem log extract.

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:09 pm Post subject:

Did you already tried to do:

bingobob · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:

well i didn't but i have now..

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject:

You can check you kernel config again... And the output of dmesg. Did you change the symlink /usr/src/linux to the new kernel folder before you compiled the kernel?

bingobob · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject:

i dion't remember that step - i think i may have missed it (changing the sym link). oh please don't tell me i've got to do it again ! :-)

. I used the dreaded genkernel.

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:27 pm Post subject:

As far as I understand the modules are placed in /usr/src/linux. And because that is pointing to the real location everything is placed on the right spot.

But looking at your 'ls -al' output it is actually pointing to 2.4.25. So nothing wrong there.

But in your dmesg output I see:

bingobob · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:27 am Post subject:

thanks - this has helped me understand a LOT more - i'm making the new kernel with e100 support as i type, hopefully it will work. I've solved my problem with root mounting twice (a genkernel problem i think). From what i read a lot of people have problems with genkernel and it maybe better for me to avoid it next time, I just need to know all the hardware to configure i imagine (seems like dmesg gives me a lot of clues for that).

I will report back if it works - thanks again for such a thorough response.

bingobob · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:12 am Post subject:

ok done it so now i have this - dumb question - sorry. But is that it ? Do I have to change grub.conf to tell it about the new kernel before a reboot ?

Have i done it all - anything else to check ?

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

Yes, you have to point your grub.conf to the bzImage-2.4.25 insteat of the initrd-2.4.25 and the kernel-2.4.25.

So remove all the kernel-* and initrd-* stuff and replace it with

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:15 am Post subject:

bingobob · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:35 am Post subject:

bingobob · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:53 pm Post subject:

Sorry, but did i get it right - just for good measure here's my fstab?

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:46 pm Post subject:

bingobob · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject:

Great thanks

I think the root=/dev/ram0 part... is something to do with hotplug - anyway someone on irc told me it's not required.

Errors gone!

and this is in...

bingobob · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject:

Sorry looks like I've answered this myself.
I need to compile EXT3 support in my kernel.
Wasn't there (was an M not a *)
Am doing it now.
Learning :-)

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Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:45 pm Post subject:

bingobob · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:51 am Post subject:

ok, i think i'm there...could you just sanity check this...this look like a normal-ish setup - ie - is it all as one would expect. I've learnt a lot about building kernels - next time i think genkernel should be left out of the equation. I was surprised though that EXT3 isn't built into the kernel as default though.

Thanks again.

Vulpes_Vulpes · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject:

Looks fine to me!

About the Ext3 thing. Some people like to load it as a module. Other people don't use it at all. Like I for example use ReiserFS. That is the nice thing of Linux. It is all about choice!

bingobob · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:59 pm Post subject:

what i did forget to do was get rid of hotplug - it came back to haunt me!

I emerge unmerged it!

I take it that was the right thing to do as i'm now using my "own" kernel.

cheers