[PlanetCCRMA] Kernel Version Bug?

Edward Faulkner edward@mit.edu
Wed Apr 16 16:22:01 2003


I've cleared up the unresolved symbols problem.  It seems I was using
an old version of apt.  I don't know why that would cause the problem,
but it did.  

FYI, all the modules still show the wrong version number with
"modprobe -V", but they load fine.

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 03:43:29PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 14:27, Edward Faulkner wrote:
> > 
> > I just installed the CCRMA kernel and alsa drivers on a RedHat 8.0
> > system.  The modules fail to load with unresolved symbols.  Upon
> > closer inspection, it looks like all the modules included with the RPM
> > were actually built for a 2.4.18 kernel, not the CCRMA
> > 2.4.20-4.ll.acpi kernel.  For example:
> > 
> > [root]# rpm -q -f ./snd.o
> > alsa-kernel-2.4.20-4.ll.acpi-0.9.2-5.cvs
> > [root]# modinfo -V ./snd.o
> > modinfo (Linux modutils) 2.4.18
> > 
> > Is this a known bug in the distribution?  Am I overlooking something
> > obvious?
> 
> To me things look ok. This was run from root's home directory.
> 
> [root@Wizard root]# modinfo snd
> filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.20-4.ll.acpi/kernel/sound/snd.o
> description: "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards."
> author:      "Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>"
> license:     "GPL"
> parm:        major int, description "Major # for sound driver."
> parm:        cards_limit int, description "Count of soundcards installed
> in the system."
> parm:        device_mode int, description "Device file permission mask
> for sound dynamic device filesystem."
> parm:        device_gid int, description "Device file GID for sound
> dynamic device filesystem."
> parm:        device_uid int, description "Device file UID for sound
> dynamic device filesystem."
> [root@Wizard root]#
> 
>