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On Sunday 09 Jul 2017 17:37:03 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> writes: |
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> > Do you have module support enabled? |
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> Yes, or at least I have been using modules.. not sure where I would |
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> determine if it were enabled or not. |
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Make menuconfig; it's on the first page: |
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[*] Enable loadable module support ---> |
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> I guess I'm not sure what you mean... it sounds as if you expect there |
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> to be a conf file that says `enable modules = yes' or something. |
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> /etc/conf.d/modules does not seem to have any info about `enabling |
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> modules. |
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> Just now to insert specific modules |
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> lsmod shows: |
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> Module Size Used by |
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> vboxsf 40960 0 |
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> vboxguest 208896 6 vboxsf |
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You clearly do have module support, as you have modules loaded. |
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> > Is the /usr/src/linux symlink pointing to the correct kernel version? |
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> Yes. |
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> > In a VBOX VM, you would normally need to compile a kernel, |
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> And I have done so many times. |
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> > the commands given are only needed when the sources are not used to |
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> > compile the kernel. |
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> What commands are you talking about? |
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> How else would I compile a kernel but with the source? |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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