On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 02:31:26 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Fr, den 22.10.2004 schrieb Linn Kubler um 2:18: > > > Hmm... well, this is a fresh install from CD's I downloaded from Red > > Hat so I wouldn't expect the kernel to be modded. Now, the default > > up2date config excludes the kernel from updating and I'm running > > 2.6.5-1.358, I suppose I should let up2date update the kernel as well. > > I showed the path for the latest FC2 kernel. Yes, updating the kernel > would be good: up2date-nox -u -f > Yes I noticed that in the directory list, thanks. And if I want to update Just the kernel I'd use, 'up2date-nox -f kernel'? > > Ok, my mistake, I checked > > /lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ and the files are > > there but they all have .ko on the end of the file names, I assume > > that's normal. And upon further review of modprobe -l I can see that > > these modules are already loaded as Michael suggests. So maybe I > > don't need them at all in my script. > > Right, in most cases needed modules are loaded automagically. Speaking > about the iptables modules this is doing when the iptables service is > started at boot time. > Btw. the modules have the ".ko" suffix because you are running a 2.6 > kernel. This suffix changed from 2.4 kernel, where it was ".o". > > > Linn > > Alexander > Thanks again, Linn
