modprobe: can't locate module?

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

When I try to load a module for my network card it says.

kernelsensei · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

When I do that it says

kernelsensei · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:48 pm Post subject:

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC-y

kernelsensei · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject:

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

anyone?

kernelsensei · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject:

try that :

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

Do I do this on the LiveCD or off of my hard drive?

kernelsensei · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:37 am Post subject:

On the HD !
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$ ruby -e'puts " .:@BFegiklnorst".unpack("x4ax7aaX6ax5aX15ax4aax6aaX7ax2aX5aX8 \
axaX3ax8aX4ax6aX3aX6ax3ax3aX9ax4ax2aX9axaX6ax3aX2ax4ax3aX4aXaX12ax10aaX7a").join'

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

Well when I do it on the hd it says that config.old cannot be found when I am doing cp. config.old .config

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

Oh nevermind, I skipped that step. Now, the problem is, I copied all my modules over from the live CD because they were not copied initially. When I do this step you just told me, it deletes all the modules I just copied over. Any ideas on what I should do?

kernelsensei · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 9:43 am Post subject:

Cuardin · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 7:20 pm Post subject:

Yeah, you want to compile your kernel. Or, if you don't want to, run genkernel. I havn't used it, but it appears to be fairly stable according to rumours.

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

Thank you, I am on vacation right now and cannot work on my gentoo computer but when I get back Sunday I will be sure to try that and keep you updated.

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

Ok, I installed from vanilla-sources instead. This time all my modules were installed, but still, it says, modprobe: Can't locate module sis900. Even in the start-up sequence when it tries to load sis900 it says could not load sis900.

Cuardin · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:49 pm Post subject:

sis900? is that a graphics card?

I remember that back in the 2.4.20 days when I had a laptop based on sis chips, the graphics driver had a problem with its dependencies. It simply did not compile everything that was necessary unless one selected framebuffer support built in....

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

No, It is the built in network card on my motherboard. SIS900 is my chipset.

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

Please, Someone help, I am desperate!

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

PLEASE!!!

Shrapnel · n00b Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 23

Sorry, but I must bump this again. I HAVE to get an answer, I am completely stumped.

Cuardin · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:42 am Post subject:

Been out of town a while.

OK, I am now assuming that your computer boots fine except that you get some errors regarding a sis900, and that networking is not functioning. If this is not the case, correct me now.

First you need to check that you actually have the module. It should be found in /lib/modules/(version)/kernel/drivers/net/, and it should be calles sis900.o. If this file does not exist then you did not compile it. In that case, go back and reconfigure your kernel and make sure you compile support for the sis900/7016 as a module. Then recompile and reboot.