svgalib_helper.ko: unknown symbol

[MasquedAvenger]

Hey everyone. I just installed svgalib-1.9.19-r3 with a vanilla 2.6.11.8 kernel. I have devfs support in the kernel but it does not mount by default. Instead I'm using udev. I get the following error when I modprobe svgalib_helper:

FATAL: Error inserting svgalib helper (--path to module object--): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

So, I ran dmesg and this is what I see:

svgalib_helper: Unknown symbol devfs_mk_symlink

Is this a bug perhaps? Any ideas? Has anyone else had the same problem? Any input would be appreciated

James
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[magno]

i'm using udev and compile the media-libs/svgalib-1.9.19-r3 with the current kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r4
I get the same error:
magno root # modprobe svgalib_helper ;dmesg |tail -n 1
FATAL: Error inserting svgalib_helper (/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r4/kernel/misc/svgalib_helper.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
svgalib_helper: Unknown symbol devfs_mk_symlink

I uncoment de line related with devfs in the svgalib:
vi /usr/portage/media-libs/svgalib/svgalib-1.9.19-r3.ebuild :48

# devfs_mk_symlink no longer available #77186
epatch ${FILESDIR}/${P}-devfs.patch

ebuild /usr/portage/media-libs/svgalib/svgalib-1.9.19-r3.ebuild digest

and it works!!!!

But after that i think about one thing...
Maybe, put the nodevfs in the grub.conf line, solve too
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[cs02rm0]

I've suffered the same bug. Since then I haven't been able to build a new kernel, or having tried to build a new kernel and consequently falling back to an old one, I haven't been able to rebuild the nvidia module.

Uncommenting the patch line didn't work for me, I haven't tried the nodevfs grub.conf line yet.
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Rich

[cs02rm0]

Does anyone have a workaround for this at all? I could really do with getting OpenGL back!
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Rich

[lemaitrezor]

I have the same problem today with kernel 2.6.11-r8

Does someone has a workaround ? (Bugzilla fix activatig devfs-patch does not work for me)
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[cs02rm0]

The only workaround I found was using a gentoo-dev-sources kernel instead.

No idea what the cause is still though.
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[lemaitrezor]

Thanks
Il will try with vanilla-source (wich are the new dev-source as said on the forum).
Quite strange anyway, this svgalib issue seems to be an old bug.

Cheers;
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[lemaitrezor]

Hi all
Well I Solved this issue just with