How to aktivate modules?

Punami · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 14 Location: /dev/null

Hi,

Installing Gentoo is not realy easy :cry:

I've now compiled the kernel, it works now, but I can't get my network running. I've compiled the driver modules such as PCMCIA into the kernel, not as modules.
(In the menuconfig a <*> not a <m>)

But the Kernel dosen't load them. How could I check which modules are compiled in the kernel?

Where do the other "modules", which just should be loaded with /etc/modules.autoconfig.d/kernel-x.xx, have to be?
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MalleRIM · Guru Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 563 Location: China

Gentoo is not supposed to be easy in general

That will most probably never change because easy means a lot of automatic stuff and automatic stuff means less control, less flexibility and less customisation. And that's exactly what Gentoo is made for

Anything that is compiled into the kernel does not have to be loaded on start up. Are you sure you chose the correct modules and set the configuration up correctly? How do you know the modules are not loaded? what does lspcmcia say?

Punami · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 14 Location: /dev/null

Ok,

lspci says: "command not found"

lspcmcia says nothing... (it just created a new line in the Terminal)

"pccardctl info" is installed but says nothing... the same as lspcmcia
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MalleRIM · Guru Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 563 Location: China

lspci is included in the pciutils package: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7#doc_chap3
If lspcmcia just says nothing, I assume, you have pcmciautils installed. Actually it should print the card, no matter whether a driver is available or not. Do other distros work?

Punami · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 14 Location: /dev/null

But it works with the live CD...

How could I check that the driver is actualy in the kernel? Or do I have to rebuild It complette--- XD
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MalleRIM · Guru Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 563 Location: China

There is probably something configured incorrectly. But I can't tell you what it is as I never set up pcmcia.

nixnut · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Networking & Security.
networking problem, so moved here.
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