From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754035Ab0K3Ppk (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:45:40 -0500 Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:54656 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751521Ab0K3Ppj (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:45:39 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=ZTS/2ccvPqQF9IfuvvWXQ1rhSOTezgBgDRjRQznTINAcR1W7PZO84Y+GDgWoxO6NN9 PKAv2JrvsLVfz+PFGvtQFeH4I69syM4toqBMaP1L9a4hj+1at7SVWDvp9pBA/spkVJ+Z Uz3ow3/yX5LDofEjTF8thRSQS16mbGjPRb/+o= Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:48:55 +0800 From: =?utf-8?Q?Am=C3=A9rico?= Wang To: Sid Boyce Cc: LKML Mailing List , opensuse factory list Subject: Re: 2.6.37-rc3-git installed modules zero bytes long Message-ID: <20101130154855.GA4629@hack> References: <4CF5116B.8040204@blueyonder.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CF5116B.8040204@blueyonder.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 02:59:55PM +0000, Sid Boyce wrote: > openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other. > I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g > /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. > I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each. > To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork > restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", > etc., etc. Confused, shouldn't we always run 'make modules_install'? What did you do before that?