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Re: kernel 2.1.114 and kerneld
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Geisel)
Fri Aug 7 14:42:22 1998
From: Brian Geisel <briang@microlite.com>
To: Carlos Vicente <cvicente@ns.intec.edu.do>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:49:51 -0400
> From: Carlos Vicente <cvicente@ns.intec.edu.do>
> > > ----> Give it a try. If you run a fairly new distribution (Suse
5.x,
> > > Redhat 5.x or the like) it'll be an easy upgrade. I run Suse 5.2
> > > and only needed to update: 'modutils', 'ppp' and 'isdn'. If you
> > > don't need ppp and isdn you'll have a VERY easy upgrade.
> > > The server mentioned above runs a distribution which is almost 1 1/2C
> > > years old. We only had to upgrade 'modutils' ... Our 'portmap'
does
> > > give us some error-messages but apparently it works quite alright.
>
> Brian, sorry to bother you again.
> :-)
> I'm following your advice. I compiled the last (2.1.114) kernel.
> I booted up and the first thing it said was:
> "syslogd: unable to create /dev/log"
> Then, I got lots of these:
> "kmod failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k net-pf-1 Errno=23"
> and it wouldn't let me use the console, so I telnetted and killed
> process klogd, which apparently stopped the message to appear.
>
> Then, I downloaded the last modutils (2.1.85) and when tried to compile
> it, I got the following error:
> . . .
> And, as a matter of fact, the kerneld.h file does not exist under the
> 2.1.114 kernel tree (and it appears to be in the other ones).
> Why is it not there?
> Is this the right modutils for this kernel?
>
> I appreciate your help
Ok, first I'll just let everyone know we'll go ahead and take this to
e-mail or to a more relevant list after this, but if anyone else is having
similar problems or questions be sure to mail me. That said...
Couple of questions... What Distribution are you using? I'm afraid I'm not
as familiar with different distributions as I should be. It looks like the
packages he told you you may need are all supplements to the distribution
and not supplements to the kernel. Kernel modules are all in the kernel
tar you downloaded. All you're doing is compiling the source as a module
instead. I'm not sure why syslog was complaining, check and be sure you
have a /dev/log, that it's rw, check the man page for any more on that.
You will need modutils, which is why modprobe failed. I have no idea what
the latest version is... It's possible they haven't kept up with the latest
kernel since we've been seeing 2-3 a week lately. I'd suggest finding a
recently new set of binaries and using them. RedHat will probably have an
rpm in their ftp directories.
See what works... mail me your results, we probably should keep of the list
now though.
geisel
Software Engineer
Microlite Corporation
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