Hi Manoj, Take a bow. That fixed it.
I remembered reading about this and had deleted all the text files in /lib/modules/2.0.29 thinking that they were the problem. Now I will have to put them back! Your help appreciated. Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 modem +61 8 9364-9832 32S, 116E =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On 27 Aug 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > This is a problem with the newer versions of depmod and > friends throwing a hissy fit over non .o files under > /lib/modules/2.0.29/. Older versions did not have a problem, so older > versions of kernel package left text files in /lib/modules/* as > documentation (actually, this reflected what older kernel makefiles > did). > > Since the change in behaviour of depmod, newer versions of > kernel-package do not leave .o files in /lib/modules. > > To clean up, do > % find /lib/modules/2.0.29 -type f | xargs file| grep -v 'ELF 32-bit' > /lib/modules/2.0.29/modules.dep: ASCII text > > Any other file that shows up except for modules.dep should be > removed. > > Upgrade your version of kernel-package if possible. > > manoj > > -- > When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to > have been correct in the first place. > Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .