Unable to modprobe after Gentoo installation? That's INSANE!

[Blizzard Wolf]

Hello, I'm not very new to Linux to say the least, but I am pretty new to Gentoo.

After installing about three times(I seemed to screw up a couple of times), I finally managed to get into Gentoo, but I have some huge problems.

I am unable to even modprobe usbcore or my 8139too module for some reason. When I modprobe via root(I can't seem to su my way into root from a user's account but that's another story), no matter what module I try, it doesn't register.

I've searched these forums before hand(I did a quick search actually), and no one seems to have a problem modprobing, so I must've screwed something up either by the kernel or on my way to installation.

Another problem is the fact that Gentoo freezes when I try to load the nvidia module, it should be nvidia in the autoload.conf, right?

If this helps, I'm installing Gentoo on a laptop with a 2.4.26-r9 kernel, on an AMD64(compiled as Pentium 4, I don't remember, I know it's i686), with 512 RAM and one 60GB hard drive, partitioned with Windows(It works), and the rest having Gentoo and 1GB swap with a share space(FAT32 Partition that can be accessed by Windows and Gentoo).

Edit: For the record, I fixed a couple of things, but I can't seem to load my NVIDIA kernel with a Geforce Go 440, maybe I should try the NVIDIA Installer.

[radonsg]

[Blizzard Wolf]

One: I wasn't sure which kernel the latest 2.6 Gentoo Sources used, I heard 2.6.8 caused problems. That, and I have Windows, and I need to keep that in.

Two: I already saw a topic on that, I'll try it thank you.

Three: I'll take a look once I get my internet access working and using the live CD.

Four: I'm using the custom, and I'll try and compile it again, same command as in the handbook right?

Edit: Silly me, I forgot to put in 8139too, now to put in my Audio Card, if I can find it...it should be already in there...AC97's usually are right?

Edit 2: That's done, now I need to get USBCORE working, or is it not needed...I tend to forget. Also, I have checked and there is no glx package when I do emerge glx. Thanks for reminding me to recompile the kernel, I recompiled it with my 8139too enabled. Also, I made sure nvidia was installed, but when I try to emerge, it's already there, should I unmerge and install using the NVIDIA installer?

[cokey]

[Blizzard Wolf]

I tried to emerge nvidia-kernel again, but then I have to recompile it with RTMM I believe. Also, what's the command for uninstalling any builds? I've read the man pages and there are about several different commands that are the same.

Edit: I'm emerging nvidia-glx as we speak, turns out that was what you were talking about, silly me.

[Blizzard Wolf]

I seem to be having a bit of problems emerging the NVIDIA-KERNEL, so far, I already did the emerge nvidia-glx, but I can't emerge nvidia-kernel, probably because I did that way before.

At the moment, I'm recompiling my kernel with RTMM support, which it already had a while ago. By the way, I'm still using the 2.4 kernel if it helps me solve this little...pickle.

[cokey]

why not have a go at 2.6, emerge gentoo-dev-sources
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[Blizzard Wolf]

I'll take a look at it once I get it installed again, I'm constantly going back and forth with Debian and Gentoo.

[cokey]