Re: [TCLUG:2203] Unresolved Symbols After Compiling Kernel

[Christopher McKinley <root@lugh.net>]

Modules are stored in /lib/modules/<number of kernel>.  Sometimes the
directories here do not get entirely cleaned out, and you have modules lying
around for which your kernel has no way of calling.  These are the "unresolved
symbols".  Make a note of which modules are giving you that message, and delete
them.

AFAIK, that is the only way to get rid of that message.
-Chris

"Scott K. Johnson" wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> After re-compiling my kernel and rebooting, I started getting messages about
> "unresoved symbols".
>
> This happens when the system is trying to load the modules, and is doing the
> "depmod -a" command in one of the startup scripts.
>
> After some poking around, I found I had to do "make modules" and "make
> modules_install" after re-compiling the kernel.
>
> So, I started the whole process over again to make sure I got a clean run at
> it (??)...
>
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make mrproper         # from what I understand this cleans things up a
> bit...
> make xconfig             # select stuff, etc...
> make dep
> make clean
> make zlilo
> make modules
> make modules_install
> and finally reboot the system...
>
> I was still getting the "unresolved symbol" message.
>
> Trying something I saw on the list a short while back, I ran "depmod -a
> 2.0.34" for the kernel version I'm running, but no go.
>
> I feel as if I'm missing something very simple...
>
> Hopefully I'm giving you all enough information to make some sense of it...
> 8D
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Scott K. Johnson
> sjohnson@bitstream.net
>
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