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FUSE: what version is in my system?

Hi: I have these files in my system:

/lib/modules/2.6.21.5/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21.5-smp/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko.

Also, the sources. How could I know what version this FUSE is? I ask because trying to download NTFS-3G from SlackBuilds, it says in the page: "This package requires FUSE 2.6.0 or later to guarantee full data safety". My distro is Slackware 12.0.

I think you can try this:

Code:

$ which postfix

/usr/sbin/postfix

$rpm -qai postfix

Name        : postfix                      Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version    : 2.2.11                            Vendor: Comodo Trustix

Release    : 5tr                          Build Date: Wed May 23 10:42:33 2007

Install Date: Mon Jul 16 10:36:38 2007      Build Host: tsl305build.comodo.net

Group      : Trustix Official              Source RPM: postfix-2.2.11-5tr.src.rpm

Size        : 4386012                          License: IBM Public Licence

Signature  : DSA/SHA1, Fri May 25 09:07:06 2007, Key ID 8bc084cec2bd224b

Packager    : Comodo Trustix <http://www.trustix.com>

URL        : http://www.postfix.org

Summary    : The Postfix mailer daemon

Description :

Postfix is an alternative to the sendmail mailer daemon. Postfix attempts

to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being

sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users.



This version comes with the following additional features:

- SASL to support user authentication.

- PCRE features, you need the postfix-pcre package.

- dynamic maps to loading additional features at run time.

  Just install some additional postfix-foo packages.

but with "fuse" not postfix

Code:

root@darkstar:~# which fuse

which: no fuse in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin)

root@darkstar:~# rpm -qai fuse

root@darkstar:~#

Also:

Code:

root@darkstar:~# locate -i -r /fuse

/lib/modules/2.6.21.5/kernel/fs/fuse

/lib/modules/2.6.21.5/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.21.5-smp/kernel/fs/fuse

/lib/modules/2.6.21.5-smp/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko

/usr/include/linux/fuse.h

/usr/bin/fuser

/usr/man/man1/fuser.1.gz

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/dev.c

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/Makefile

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/dir.c

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/file.c

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/inode.c

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/control.c

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/include/linux/fuse.h

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/include/config/fuse

/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/include/config/fuse/fs.h

root@darkstar:~#

and

Code:

root@darkstar:~# grep -irl /fuse /var/log/packages/

/var/log/packages/procps-3.2.7-i486-2

/var/log/packages/kernel-source-2.6.21.5_smp-noarch-2

/var/log/packages/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2

/var/log/packages/kernel-headers-2.6.21.5_smp-i386-2

/var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.6.21.5-i486-2

/var/log/packages/devs-2.3.1-noarch-25

root@darkstar:~#

In the latter code window, you can see there is not a package whose name includes the 'fuse' string. FUSE seems to be supported by the kernel, according to these lists, but there is no package bearing the name 'fuse'. Neither do I find any reference to the version in /usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse/, which holds the sources, nor in fuse.txt. Fuser has nothing to do with FUSE.

What would happen if I install FUSE 2.7.3 from Slackbuilds, which is for Slackware 12.0? I will download it and see what is in the package. Perhaps there I'll find a clue.

EDIT: insmod gives

Code:

root@darkstar:/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/fs/fuse# insmod fuse

insmod: can't read 'fuse': No such file or directory

Note: I could as well just have asked how does one know a kernel module version number, if it has one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92 (Post 4490459)

What would happen if I install FUSE 2.7.3 from Slackbuilds, which is for Slackware 12.0?

This seems like what you should do.

I'm am a little afraid, but I'll install it and see what happens. I do not think it can damage my ext2 FS, and have not critical files in NTFS.