Kernel modules fail to load due to unresolved symbols.
[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
The kernel modules fail to load, giving error messages
stating that they contain unresolved symbols.
When one tries to manually load a module one gets:
kernel_version needed, but can't be found
uname -a gets:
Linux ItMightBeAServer 2.2.0-pre6 #4 Tue Jan 12 17:35:46 EST 1999 i586
[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
Modules
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
$cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.2.0-pre6 (jeremy@ItMightBeAServer) (gcc version
2.7.2.1) #4 Tue Jan 12 17:35:46 EST 1999
[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
N/A
[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)
insmod lp #This should do it...works for me...or, doesn't <G>
[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
# sh scripts/ver_linux
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux ItMightBeAServer 2.2.0-pre6 #4 Tue Jan 12 17:35:46 EST 1999 i586
Kernel modules 2.0.0
Gnu C 2.7.2.1
Binutils 2.7.0.2
Linux C Library 5.4.38
Dynamic linker ldd: version 1.7.14
Linux C++ Library 27.1.4
Linux C++ Library 27.1.4
Procps 1.01
Mount 2.5l
Net-tools 1.32-alpha
Kbd 0.89
Sh-utils 1.12
[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
#cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 5
model : 2
model name : Pentium 75 - 200
stepping : 12
cpu MHz : 165.791604
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : yes
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8
bogomips : 66.15
[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
cat /proc/modules
[No output]
[7.4.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
N/A
[7.5.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you
think to be relevant):
#dmesg # A \ denotes a manually wrapped line
Linux version 2.2.0-pre6 (jeremy@ItMightBeAServer) (gcc version \
2.7.2.1) #4 Tue Jan 12 17:35:46 EST 1999
Detected 165791604 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 66.15 BogoMIPS
Memory: 39040k/40960k available (788k kernel code, 412k reserved, \
684k data, 36k init)
CPU: Intel Pentium 75 - 200 stepping 0c
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error \
reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd8e1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, ATA DISK drive
hdc: CRD-8160B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, 3067MB w/76kB Cache, CHS=779/128/63
hdc: ATAPI 16X CDROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.51
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M
FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 36k freed
Adding Swap: 68540k swap-space (priority -1)
:END Report
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