MOL and "sheep" module

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

That won't have the kernel modules. They are at:
http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-4.0/ppc/mol-kmods-0.9.71-0.ydl.4.ppc.rpm

Here are the corresponding source RPMs:
http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/yellowdog-4.0/en/os/SRPMS/mol-0.9.71-0.ydl.1.src.rpm
http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-4.0/SRPMS/mol-kmods-0.9.71-0.ydl.4.src.rpm

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:21:04 -0400, Joseph E. Sacco, PhD wrote:

> 
> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yellowdog-4.0/en/os/YellowDog/RPMS/mol-0.9.71-0.ydl.1.ppc.rpm
> 
> 
> -Joseph
> 
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> 
> On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 11:43 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>> Greetings:
>> 
>> I'm trying to get MOL to work on YDL 4.0.1 and am not getting too far. 
>> The most obvious problem is that the "sheep" module is not getting 
>> loaded, apparently because it does not exist.
>> 
>> System: Rev. "A" iMac (Bondi Blue), 256 Mb. RAM. YDL 4.0.1 updated via yum.
>> 
>> I have tried re-building the mol rpms as per instructions from Joseph 
>> Sacco on this list, both with and without the sheep patches. Sheep does 
>> not get built no matter what I do.
>> 
>> Trying to build from scratch, I was unable to find the  mol-0.9.71 
>> source, only 0.9.70, and trying to compile that resulted in many errors, 
>> starting with "entering Linux" and multiple problems with "alloc.h".
>> 
>> Mol has been around for quite a while, as has YDL, and it seems to me 
>> that there ought to be an "RPM" package that would give me at least 
>> minimal functionality.
>> 
>> I have seen references to this problem on this list, but no solution 
>> other than rebuilding the RPM which, as I said, is not working for me.
>> 
>> Other than that, YDL seems to be a good solution for this old iMac, the 
>> basic Linux install is working quite solidly.
>> 
>> I apologize if this is a FAQ, but I have searched diligently and tried 
>> everything I can think of to get mol working. I'd appreciate any 
>> suggestions as to what (probably stupid) thing or things I am doing wrong.
>> 
>> Much thanks.