i did just that and now i have no speech and no network access to the machine only i was going from 2.4.18 to 2.4.20 so a different directory would have been created. and there is no directory under the modules that is 2.4.20 any ideas? At 09:59 PM 5/4/03 -0500, you wrote: >You obviously didn't do "make modules" and "make modules_install." The >order I suggest for a kernel is "make bzImage." Copy the bzImage and >System.map to the place where the old ones are, backing up the old ones >first. Then, do the "make modules" and "make modules_install." Another >thing is that if you compile the same kernel more than once, remove the >old modules before installing the new ones. For example, Slackware 9 >ships with kernel 2.4.20. If you build a custom kernel from it and >install its modules without removing the old ones, there will be lots and >lots of errors about undefined symbols. Either remove or rename the >directory for your modules before installing a new kernel. I always >prefer to rename and keep it around until I'm sure the new kernel works >right. > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >