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RE: [TCLUG:2203] Unresolved Symbols After Compiling Kernel



Did you clean up /lib/modules/2.0.34 before doing a complete build ?

Nishi

> After re-compiling my kernel and rebooting, I started getting messages
> about
> "unresoved symbols".
> 
> This happens when the system is trying to load the modules, and is doing
> the
> "depmod -a" command in one of the startup scripts.
> 
> After some poking around, I found I had to do "make modules" and "make
> modules_install" after re-compiling the kernel.
> 
> So, I started the whole process over again to make sure I got a clean run
> at
> it (??)...
> 
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make mrproper         # from what I understand this cleans things up a
> bit...
> make xconfig             # select stuff, etc...
> make dep
> make clean
> make zlilo
> make modules
> make modules_install
> and finally reboot the system...
> 
> I was still getting the "unresolved symbol" message.
> 
> Trying something I saw on the list a short while back, I ran "depmod -a
> 2.0.34" for the kernel version I'm running, but no go.
> 
> I feel as if I'm missing something very simple...
> 
> Hopefully I'm giving you all enough information to make some sense of
> it...
> 8D
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> Scott K. Johnson
> sjohnson@bitstream.net
>