Re: More Module Mayhem

[twistedhammer@example.com]

It sounds like the init script that failed had brought up some of the 
parport_pc's dependencies. Thus the parport_pc module loaded 
fine. insmod has no knowledge of dependencies. Instead try 
'modprobe parport_pc'. modprobe is a wrapper program for insmod 
that examines the output of 'depmod -a'. you might want to run 
'lsmod' before and after modprobe to see which modules are being 
loaded.

James Gibson

On 2 Jun 2001, at 20:24, Dennis McMurchy wrote:

<snip>
>   I got one error message about the parport_pc module 
apparently not
> being loaded, so I tried a manual '/sbin/insmod parport_pc'.  This
> worked just fine.  It produced the message:
> 
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o
> 
> and made the printer usable from a virtual Win.  I was delighted at
> how simple it all was.
> 
>  However, when I did the same thing later on this afternoon, I got 
a
> whole slew of error messages about unresolved symbols:
> 
> <root@example.com:/home/denis>$ /sbin/insmod parport_pc
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: 
unresolved
> symbol parp ort_ieee1284_epp_read_data_R7091445d
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: 
unresolved
> symbol parp ort_ieee1284_epp_write_data_R02d3216f
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: 
unresolved
> symbol parp ort_ieee1284_read_byte_R71b59e1e
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: 
unresolved
> symbol parp ort_ieee1284_epp_read_addr_R0754aa65...etc, etc, 
etc
> 
>   I'm not aware that I've changed anything that would affect the
>   modules.
> What on earth could have happened?  And, more importantly, 
what can I
> do to fix this?  I have had a look at the manpages, of course, for
> 'insmod', 'depmod', and 'modprobe' - not for the first time - but
> without finding any inspiration there.
> 
>   Hope someone out there has the magic bullet.
> 
>   Cheers, Dennis
> -- 
> Dennis McMurchy,
> Sointula, B.C. / Tojinmachi, Fukuoka
> Canada           Japan
> 
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James Gibson
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