[lug] Newbie tries to make laptop modem work

[Glenn Murray]

D.,

Thanks for the response.  I wondered what that meant.  If I understand
correctly, if I (can) compile the modules myself, then they will work
with the existing kernel?  

Glenn Murray
www.mines.edu/~gmurray/public_html/Welcome.html

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, D. Stimits wrote:
> Glenn Murray wrote:
...
> > glenn/$ sudo update-modules
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.19/misc/lt_serial.o
> 
> Your module does not match your kernel. If you want to get pickier, the
> kernel is expecting symbols in the module that point at matching module
> handlers, and either they don't exist, or they are at the wrong offset,
> or they exist but are shaped differently (function signature must match
> kernel's idea, and the kernel must look in the right location). Perhaps
> the module was compiled against a kernel that has been configured
> differently than the kernel that is running. Configuring a kernel alters
> headers and configuration files, so having the same kernel version isn't
> enough. Sometimes people compile using everything correctly, but don't
> realize they're using two different compilers for the module and kernel,
> which will also cause "bad things" to happen.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com