Subject: Re: mol-general Digest 10 Feb 2000 14:10:07 -0000 Issue 13
From: Robert Currie (currie@nortelnetworks.com)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 12:20:36 MST
I have mol-0.9.40 running on a 3400 with 2.2.14pre9.
I had to manually patch the kernel though.
I only get 'This kernel lacks xxx support' infrequently when using kppp.
-- Rob Currie email: currie@nortelnetworks.com> Hi, > > Has anyone succeed in getting mol-0.9.40 running on a 603 based machine? > I'm running 2.2.15pre6 rsync'd from linuxcare.au.com > > Patch that was included with mol-0.9.40 for 2.2.15pre4 applied cleanly to > my kernel source and in menu config I set mac-on-linux support to Y. Just > to be sure I wasn't a spaz, I double checked my .config just now and > CONGIG_MOL=Y > > When I startmol I get > > Using MOL library directory /usr/lib/mol > Trying to load the Mac-on-Linux kernel module. > > /usr/lib/mol/modules/mol.o: init_module: Device or resource busy > > An error occured while trying to load the Mac-on-Linux kernel module > > I'm running it as root so that's not the problem. Also in dmesg output I > get > > This kernel lacks MOL support! > > Hmmm . . have there been significant changes between 2.2.15pre4 and > 2.2.15pre6 that would cause this? I'd think the patch would fail to apply > in this case. Am I doing something stupid here? (Sort of compiling > support into the kernel . . which I know for a fact I did). > > One last bit . . when I dl'd the mol-0.9.40-1.ppc.rpm and tried to run it, > I got the same messages as above with the additional warning that the > module was compiled for kernel 2.2.14pre9 and I was running 2.2.15pre6. > Just in case this was part of the problem, I grabbed the srpm and rebuilt > it. The warning went away but the inability to load the kernel module did > not. > > Any ideas anyone? > > Currently, I'm not on the mol-general list. I just subscribed this > morning but I haven't received confirmation yet. Please cc anything to my > personal address below too > > Thanks > Keith Clayton > kclayton@jps.net
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