did you use make or configure to configure init. look inside folder module-init-tools see if there is a configure file or a makefile. some use make to configure the program. If it has a makefile type: make Marty

well i have typed ./configure --prefix=/ and then make.....
now anyway i look.......no...no Makefile only these:

[giulio@localhost module-init-tools-3.0]$ ls -l
totale 592
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 28052 feb 24 01:49 aclocal.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 75 nov 26 2002 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 1754 ago 15 2003 backwards_compat.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 13808 feb 13 00:09 ChangeLog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 39923 nov 26 2002 config.guess*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 29628 nov 26 2002 config.sub*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 123124 feb 24 01:49 configure*
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 1120 feb 24 01:49 configure.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 17992 nov 25 2002 COPYING
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 12123 apr 1 2003 depcomp*
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 4380 ago 15 2003 depmod.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 18494 gen 23 02:28 depmod.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 1513 dic 24 03:10 depmod.h
drwxr-xr-x 2 giulio giulio 4096 feb 24 02:15 doc/
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 1408 dic 30 03:27 FAQ
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 8715 feb 2 01:34 generate-modprobe.conf*
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 2319 ago 19 2003 insmod.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 3562 ago 15 2003 insmod.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 9240 nov 25 2002 INSTALL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 5599 nov 26 2002 install-sh*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 497 gen 11 15:29 install-with-care*
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 6361 dic 9 2002 list.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 1886 mar 28 2003 lsmod.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 2228 gen 30 2003 lsmod.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 5708 gen 30 05:24 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 28087 feb 24 01:49 Makefile.in
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 10270 set 15 2003 missing*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 722 nov 26 2002 mkinstalldirs*
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 3523 mag 9 2003 modinfo.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 7126 gen 20 08:34 modinfo.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 8487 gen 17 05:23 modprobe.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 33162 feb 12 07:56 modprobe.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 4883 dic 22 04:19 modprobe.conf.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 2418 feb 20 2003 modprobe.devfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 526 gen 14 2003 moduleops.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 5750 dic 24 06:17 moduleops_core.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 701 feb 21 2003 moduleops.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 2434 mar 28 2003 modules.dep.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 2220 dic 3 2002 NEWS
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 1057 giu 3 2003 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 3111 ott 30 2003 rmmod.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 7349 dic 22 04:49 rmmod.c
-rwxr-xr-x 1 giulio giulio 842 dic 13 2002 stress_modules.sh*
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 8666 dic 24 06:23 tables.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 3941 dic 24 06:18 tables.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 4728 gen 19 01:51 testing.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 2454 nov 29 2002 TODO
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 1504 ago 15 2003 zlibsupport.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 giulio giulio 300 ago 15 2003 zlibsupport.h
[giulio@localhost module-init-tools-3.0]$ kwrite README


Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

do a make install then a ./generate modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf

I can't even compile.......during compilation Make exits with this error:

gcc -g -O2 -Wunused -Wall -o modinfo modinfo.o zlibsupport.o
gcc -g -O2 -Wunused -Wall -o insmod.static -static insmod.o
/usr//bin/ld: cannot find -lc
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [insmod.static] Error 1
[giulio@localhost module-init-tools-3.0]$ whereis ld
ld: /usr/bin/ld /usr/share/man/man1/ld.1.bz2

I have absolutely no idea...the strange thing is that some files get compiled but a certain point it stops with this error.

do you know what version of gcc you have, you may need to upgrade. You are using mandrake , i use redhat maybe the difference is larger than i think. Marty ck I think if you type gcc in terminal it will tell you version. Good luck Marty

try install at terminal . I just saw a install file in the folder. marty

If you do a "./configure" and then an "install" then the ./gen might work

Perhaps downloading a new copy of the file, unpacking it some where else, then trying the compile from the top.

'make' wont run if there isn't a makefile.

There appear to be two trees, perhaps the "other" one is more stable:
[http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...5-pre4.tar.bz2]
and
[http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...ls-3.0.tar.bz2[

Here's my gcc version

[giulio@localhost giulio]$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[giulio@localhost giulio]$

is up-to-date?