Re: Missing module

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Richard wrote:

> > Any ideas what char-major-4 for is a module for? I never had these
> > problems in kernel 2.2.7 and the only thing to have changed is the
> > kernel and the System.map
>
> I can't help more than this but I'm sure someone else can ? If you
> want to know more the SuSE techie will be at our demo week.

I've bloomin' answered this *twice*, damn that listbot rubbish. I just
hope this gets through!! If not, Richard will have to send it on!!

Right, char-major-4 is a serial-type thing: all very technical, but
basically, it sounds like you've recompiled your kernel with serial
support enabled. This isn't actually as wise as it sounds: your 2.2.7 (?)
will have said serial support via a module, most probably. So the system
is probably trying to load the module, even though the kernel is already
serial-enabled.

Solution? You could try recompiling the kernel without serial support.
Otherwise, delete /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/serial.o, and edit
/etc/conf.modules. There's a line something like:
alias char-major-4 serial
Change it to:
alias char-major-4 off
That should make your machine happy. If not, it's probably a compilation
error. Generally, if you download the SuSE kernels you'll find they work
fine. I personally never find the need to recompile my kernel anymore, so
I guess that speaks volumes ;)))

Cheers,

Alex.

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