Steve Fosdick lists@pelvoux.nildram.co.uk wrote:
On 2004.02.27 22:33, Craig wrote:
On 27 Feb 2004, at 17:22, Barry Samuels wrote:
When starting to boot I see 'bios data check successful' then there is a pause of two minutes before the boot continues.
Interesting. The 'bios data check successful' message actually comes from LILO rather than from the kernel.
In the log I see 'No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled'.
I am sure I have seen the 'No module symbols loaded' part but I don't remember the 'kernel modules not enabled' part and in my case kernel modules are definitely working because my network card driver is a module and that seems to be loading OK.
I am not sure if this is relevent to the problem at hand anyway - as the pause in booting comes right after that message from LILO it must be happenning either in LILO or in the very first stages of kernel initialisation long before modules get loaded.
Well mine is different. I never select mod versions in the kernel (Due to the webcam I own and kernel testing)
I have mod versions enabled on three 2.6 kernel machines and all seem to work perfectly. All are running Debian testing/unstable and using gcc version 3.3.3 20040125. The only one I have access to at the moment is using module-init-tools 3.0-pre9-1.
There does seem to be something wrong with the two versions I've tried i.e. 2.6.0 and 2.6.2.
When running make xconfig and looking under 'Input device support' there is a 'Mouse interface' option. In my current kernel 2.4.24 this option is compiled as a module and in the help window for this option in 2.6.2 it says enter 'm' to compile it as a module but there is no way to do this. It's either on or off.
If I change the option in the .config file directly to read CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m it still isn't compiled as a module.
Strange withall!
Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain