[Gllug] Modules

Andy Loates andy at the-bizz.demon.co.uk
Mon May 26 15:22:48 UTC 2003


On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 12:50, Les Till wrote:
> Andy Loates wrote:
> > I just recompliled a custom kernel 2.4.20 on a RH9.0 box.
> > 
> > I'm getting some messages from modprobe being unable to locate module
> > char-major-226 & block-major-11.
> > 
> > I've googled and checked the man pages for modprobe and others but cant
> > find any clue as to what these numbers relate to.
> > 
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where to look
> > 
> > Many thanks
> > 
> > 
> > --Andy Loates <andy at the-bizz.demon.co.uk>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> On my Mandrake setup I typed in   slocate devices.txt
> Sure enough this found the document hidden away deep inside the system.
> As I have a fresh installation this a.m I had to build the slocate index 
> by giving the command slocate -u which 'eventually' will complete the 
> task. The file devices.txt is quite complex but you may be able to find 
> what you are looking for in the way of Major and Minor numbers.
> Les Till

Thanks for the pointers guys. Just what I was looking for


-- 
Andy Loates <andy at the-bizz.demon.co.uk>



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