I'm not sure of the details, but Linux 2.6 (the kernel) uses a new kernel module format with the .ko extension, rather than the standard .o module format used for previous versions of the kernel. It does less work in user-space, presumably making it more efficient.
You should have a tool called insmod.old, which automatically gets called by insmod to install old-style modules. I also suspect that you need to enable support for them in the kernel for that to work. So you might just be able to load it with
Code:
insmod svgalib_helper.o
If not, then the place to look for the particular error you're getting is /var/log/messages.
As to how to compile them, I think it's just an option to gcc; have you tried reading the gcc manpage?
. I don't have an insmod.old but have read about it. This is actually a custom linux install so that's probably why it's not there. I did a little digging around though and found a few mentions of the .ko module in the Makefile, and right down the bottom there is a line that installs the .o module...but hidden off the side of the screen is a "||" which on the other side is the install command for the .ko module, so it was making it all along, just since it managed to successfully install the first module, it figured there was no need to install the other. Changing the "||" to a "&&" though has fixed it. I wonder if that's a bug or intentionally in there?
