Trouble with kernel rebuild.

[Brad Bartram]

If you built your kernel from source, make sure that you have support added 
for loadable kernel modules.  The nvidia driver is a module which can't be 
compiled as a static part of a monolithic kernel.  To test this, you can 
issue the command insmod <nv or nvidia I forget which>, this will insert the 
module into the running kernel.  Same goes for your network card.

It's real possible to set it in the make config to be a lkm and then if you 
are expecting it to be static in your kernel you don't run your make 
modconfig.

Hope this rambling was helpful.

brad

On Tuesday 14 January 2003 12:11 pm, shipdadip wrote:
> Hi guys.  I have Slackware 8.1 installed, but the default kernel doesn't
> support SBLive cards so I had to rebuild the kernel.  I downloaded the
> 2.4.20 kernel.  I did a rebuild following Leo Laporte's guide :) 
> http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/linux/story/0,24330,2433297,00.html  So
> I rebuilt  the kernel and included SBLive support compiled right in not as
> a module (cuz I'm not sure how to load modules yet).  I also compiled in
> support for my NIC, a 3Com 3c905.  When i booted to the kernel Xwindows
> wouldn't start so I rebuilt the Nvidia drivers and reinsatlled the RPM's
> but still no go.  Also on boot it says it didn't start my NIC, or didn't
> find my NIC.  Can anyone help?  My NIC worked before I upgraded.  Any have
> any suggestions?