He's probably using an old version of modutils.  Upgrade your modutils
package to be sure that it looks at modules.conf (conf.modules is
depricated), and that it parses the file correctly.

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Troy Johnson [mailto:Troy.A.Johnson at state.mn.us]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:00 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] modprobe eth0 fails after kernel upgrade
> 
> 
> Just a few more details:
> 
> Which RPMs were installed for the kernel upgrade (list 'em)?
> Where was 3c59x.o found?
> 
> If I am not mistaken, "3c59x" is the name of the module, and 
> "3c59x.o" is the object file that contains this module. I 
> think the modules.conf syntax is correct, and if modprobe 
> could find the "3c59x.o" file it would load it (if it is 
> compiled for this kernel, but I think it would give you a 
> different message if that were the problem here).
> 
> >>> bradyh at bitstream.net 04/06/01 11:37AM >>>
> I'm using Redhat 6.0 and I upgraded my kernel to 2.2.17 using 
> Redhat's RPMs 
> but now I get a message in my log that says:
> 
>      modprobe: can't locate module eth0
> 
> My modules.conf file has this line:
> 
>      alias eth0 3c59x
> 
> I searched for the 3c59x file with no luck - though I did 
> find the 3c59x.o 
> file.
> What should I do?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brady
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