On Sunday 09 Jul 2017 17:37:03 Harry Putnam wrote:
> "J. Roeleveld" <[email protected]> writes:
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>
> [...]
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> > Do you have module support enabled?
>
> Yes, or at least I have been using modules.. not sure where I would
> determine if it were enabled or not.
Make menuconfig; it's on the first page:
[*] Enable loadable module support --->
> I guess I'm not sure what you mean... it sounds as if you expect there
> to be a conf file that says `enable modules = yes' or something.
>
> /etc/conf.d/modules does not seem to have any info about `enabling
> modules.
>
> Just now to insert specific modules
>
> lsmod shows:
>
> Module Size Used by
> vboxsf 40960 0
> vboxguest 208896 6 vboxsf
You clearly do have module support, as you have modules loaded.
> > Is the /usr/src/linux symlink pointing to the correct kernel version?
>
> Yes.
>
> > In a VBOX VM, you would normally need to compile a kernel,
>
> And I have done so many times.
>
> > the commands given are only needed when the sources are not used to
> > compile the kernel.
>
> What commands are you talking about?
>
> How else would I compile a kernel but with the source?
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Regards
Peter
