[gobolinux-users] Kernel modules woahs

[giamby at infinito.it]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:21:19 +0000
  "James Mathews" <jammers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey.
> 
> I've recently installed gobo linux and I'm loving it, 
>brilliant idea
> and well implemented.
> 
> I'm having a little trouble with some kernel modules 
>though....
> 
> I have an rt2500 wi-fi card. There are kernel drivers 
>for this (I used
> them in my last linux setup). I downloaded the drivers 
>and compiled
> the modules. I ran modules_install from the makescript 
>with the
> drivers and It installed them to:
> 
> /Programs/Linux/2.6.23.8/Resources/Unmanaged/System/Kernel/Modules/2.6.23.8-Gobo/extra/rt2500.ko
> 
> I added:
> 
> alias ra0 rt2500
> 
> Into modprobe.conf
> 
> and:
> UserDefinedModules=(
>   rt2500
> )
> 
> to my boot options.
> 
> However when I boot, the kernel module is not loaded. 
>And when I run
> 
> modprobe rt2500
> 
>FATAL: Module rt2500 not found.
> 
> However if I run
> insmod 
>/Programs/Linux/2.6.23.8/Resources/Unmanaged/System/Kernel/Modules/2.6.23.8-Gobo/extra/rt2500.ko
> 
> then it works (as one would expect).
> 
> 
> Is my module installed in the wrong location? Or have I 
>got an option
> wrong somewhere?

Did you do a depmod after installing the new module?

Regards,
Giambattista

 
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