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Re: Modules errors

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mac McClellan)
Fri Nov 1 16:13:25 1996

Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 14:00:34 -0700
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From: Mac McClellan <list@digitalpla.net>
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At 11:56 PM 11/1/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Mac McClellan wrote:
>> 
>> I just compiled a new kernel and now I have some errors on bootup.  I'm sure
>> there is probably some documentation on this somewhere on this but I can't
>> seem to find it.
>> 
>> Here's what I'm getting:
>> 
>> Finding module dependencies
>> *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/misc/ipx.o
>> *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/net/bsd_comp.o
>> *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/net/de4x5.o
>> *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/net/dummy.o
>> *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/net/tulip.o
>	.
>	.
>	[snip]
>
>I'm getting exactly the same too.  I had to reconfigure the supplied
>kernel to add sound support and now when I reboot I get the same thing.
>I've tried 'make xconfig' and tried disabling module support, but its
>had no effect.  
>
>

I did get an answer to my problem.  All the error messages above were
modules that were previously compiled in the kernel.  When I recompiled a
new kernel I left these things out but the actual files were never deleted.
The solution is to just delete the files listed. Too simple:)

Mac


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