Thank you Steve. I got the modutils-2.4.21-22.src.rpm as you suggested, rpm -Uvh modutils-2.4.21-22.src.rpm cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ tar xzvf modutils-2.4.21.tar.gz cd modutils-2.4.21 ./configure make which produced : make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/modutils-2.4.21/util' gcc -M -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 xmalloc.c xrealloc.c xstrcat.c xstrdup.c xsystem.c logger.c modstat.c meta_expand.c config.c snap_shot.c arch64.c gzfiles.c sys_nim.c sys_oim.c xftw.c > .depend gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o xmalloc.o xmalloc.c In file included from xmalloc.c:22: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o xrealloc.o xrealloc.c In file included from xrealloc.c:22: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o xstrcat.o xstrcat.c In file included from xstrcat.c:22: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o xstrdup.o xstrdup.c In file included from xstrdup.c:24: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o xsystem.o xsystem.c gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o logger.o logger.c In file included from logger.c:30: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o modstat.o modstat.c In file included from modstat.c:33: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function modstat.c: In function `new_get_kernel_info': modstat.c:203: warning: deprecated use of label at end of compound statement gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -DHAVE_WORDEXP=1 -DHAVE_GLOB=1 -c meta_expand.c In file included from meta_expand.c:45: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o config.o config.c In file included from config.c:64: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function config.c: In function `config_add': config.c:1498: warning: deprecated use of label at end of compound statement gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o snap_shot.o snap_shot.c In file included from snap_shot.c:33: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o arch64.o arch64.c In file included from arch64.c:24: ../include/util.h:42: warning: built-in function `log' declared as non-function gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o gzfiles.o gzfiles.c gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o sys_nim.o sys_nim.c gcc -O2 -Wall -I./../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG_ROOT_CHECK_OFF=0 -DELF_MACHINE_H='"elf_i386.h"' -DARCH_i386 -c -o sys_oim.o sys_oim.c sys_oim.c:36: error: syntax error before "old_sys_init_module" make[1]: *** [sys_oim.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/modutils-2.4.21/util' make: *** [all] Error 2 Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks again for your help. On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 12:38, Steve Howlett wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I downloaded linux kernel 2.6.8.1 from kernel.org and proceeded to > >compile and install it. > > > >The compilation is somewhat different than with the 2.4 kernels I'm more > >accustomed to. > > > >Everything seems to go well enough (although make gconfig didn't work) > >until > > make modules_install > > > >After much installation followed by much reflection, depmod reports > >rafts and rafts of unknown symbols. > > > >I seem to have taken a basic misstep somewhere and would appreciate > >being put back on track. > > > >This is with Fedora 2. > > > >-- > >John Francis Lee <jfl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > You need to install updated tools module_init_tools & modutils. You can find them at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules. > > This and what else to expect when upgrading to a 2.6 kernel can be found in this document : http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt. > > Hope this helps > Steve -- John Francis Lee <jfl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
