Did you say "make modules" and "make modules_install" after doing "make bzImage"? Regards Mohanlal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amith" <amith@multitech.co.in> To: "Newbies" <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:07 PM Subject: Problem after re-compiling the kernel. > hi all, > > i recompiled the kernel (ver: 2.4.18-3 ) and when i try to boot up the recompiled kernel, it comes up , but i > cant see any modules loaded, and can see an error mesg ( shown below) when the kernel is coming up. > > May 25 13:00:12 amith depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.4.18-3custom/modules.dep for writing > > i dont see a directory named /lib/modules/2.4.18-3custom ? why is depmod looking there ? > and when i do a lsmod , i dont see any modules loaded :-( ! > i cant ping any machine and the interface "eth0" cannot be activated . > > any help is appreciated. > > cheers, > Amith > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
