Did you remake the modules when you installed the kernel? Some such as nvidia, alsa require you rerun their installation process.
On Sunday April 30 2006 14:18, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > This should be an easy fix -- if you already know! > > The reason many of my modules are not loading is > because modprobe is looking in /lib/modules/2.6.12-r6 > and not /lib/modules/2.6.16-r3 which was filled when I > ran make modules_install. > > The link to the newer kernel is OK. > > Yes, I ran modules-update. > > Also, module loading and unloading options are set=y > in kernel. > > Not a clue as to why some modules load, sound, usb; > and some, firewire, ppp, forcedeth don't. > > dmesg is filled with lines like: > > Unknown symbol < >...disagrees about version of > symbol< > ... > > At the end of the boot console it says: > > /usr/sbin/pppd/: Couldn't stat /dev/ttyS0: Too many > levels of symbolic links. > > But according to emerge -pv udev I have the latest > ver. Which I set up according to the gentoo > udev-guide. > > Attempts to specify the proper dir to modprobe result > in no-such-file errors. > > -mw > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com -- Brett I. Holcomb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
