Kernel 2.6 compile: Comaptability

[Paul King]

Good advice, although I had my own way with it, and it works fine. Now to work 
out the module problem. I still haven't updated /etc/modules.conf

Thanks for the advice so far.

Paul King

Date sent:      	Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:54:32 -0500
From:           	Jing Su <jingsu-26n5VD7DAF2Tm46uYYfjYg at public.gmane.org>
To:             	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject:        	Re: [TLUG]: Kernel 2.6 compile: Comaptability
Send reply to:  	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org

> For those that are treading down this path....
> 
> the new modutils needs to be ./configure --prefix=/ to put it into the
> usual paths.  Then, do a 'make moveold'.  That does the .old renaming for
> you.
> 
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Paul King wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:39:33 -0500
> > From: Paul King <pking123-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
> > Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Kernel 2.6 compile: Comaptability
> >
> > Well, things are slowly coming together. I can boot into the new kernel, and
> > the kernel no longer complains about missing functions. But it wasn't
> > straightforward. It looks as though the module utilities depended on an older
> > version of modutils, with their executables renamed to .old. Second, the
> > default installation for these new utils was going to be under
> > /usr/local/sbin. And if it went to /sbin, it would clobber all files in its
> > path without renaming them with .old extensions first. So that had to be done
> > by hand, using mv.
> >
> > Paul King
> >
> > Date sent:      	Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:25:23 -0500
> > From:           	Jing Su <jingsu-26n5VD7DAF2Tm46uYYfjYg at public.gmane.org>
> > To:             	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > Subject:        	Re: [TLUG]: Kernel 2.6 compile: Comaptability
> > Send reply to:  	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> >
> > > I can't remember what module in question is being discussed here...
> > > But I finally got 2.6 running on my box, with all the creature comfort
> > > options (sound, graphics, etc) running.
> > >
> > > I *think* the things that are needed are:
> > >
> > > new utils: as mentioned before, new modutils, e2fs, psutil, etc...
> > >
> > > new modutils: I think you need the newer modutils first before doing
> > > 'make module_install'.  I had trouble with loading modules even with the new
> > > modutils until I recompiled and reinstalled the modules again out of
> > > frustration, at which point they worked file.
> > >
> > > renamed modules: (on my redhat box),
> > > under /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, look for the line containing:
> > >   modprobe keybdev
> > >   modprobe mousedev
> > > gotta replace them with
> > >   modprobe uhci_hcd
> > >   modprobe usbkbd
> > >   modprobe usbmouse
> > > look for line containing:
> > >   mount -n -t proc /proc /proc
> > > add line afterwards:
> > >   mount -n -t sysfs /sys /sys
> > >   (remember to make the directory /sys/ as root before rebooting)
> > >
> > > Those are the basic things I think that got the mouse and keyboard
> > > working.  I'm also running Alsa using the OSS compatability.
> > >
> > > -Jing
> > >
> > > On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Paul King wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:07:01 -0500
> > > > From: Paul King <pking123-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
> > > > Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > > > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Kernel 2.6 compile: Comaptability?
> > > >
> > > > Forget it. I know where it is now.
> > > >
> > > > I see that I needed to update e2fsprogs and procps, but that was
> > > > tangential to the main problem: the modules wouldn't load. I recall this
> > > > was posted earlier (by Jing Su) without much reply. I installed the latest
> > > > e2fsprogs, and got the same problem. No drivers except what was already
> > > > compiled in; no mouse; no sound. There was a complaint from modprobe about
> > > > some function or other not being present during the boot sequence. The
> > > > newer version of modutils didn't change or eliminate this error.
> > > >
> > > > e2fsprogs, FWIW, is installed in the latest version (1.35-WIP, whatever
> > > > "WIP" means). I see all my partitions, so I would suppose the "WIP" part
> > > > is unimportant in my case -- I could find nothing on the abbreviation.
> > > >
> > > > > An earlier poster posed what was a good issue: that I ought to check my
> > > > > software for compatability with the kernel. OK, so I try to check, but
> > > > > the compatability list doesn't appear to be in its usual place. Anyone
> > > > > know where this stuff is?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Paul King <pking123-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
> > > > >
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