Paul Abrahams wrote:
What exactly are .ko files? kernel object. They are the modules for a 2.6 series kernel. They seem to be related to modules but aren't actually modules since insmod won't load them.
The question arose because I'm trying to get a PCTel internal modem to work. I have two files, pctel.ko and ptserial.ko, in my /lib/modules directory (a couple of levels down). Exactly which directory, and exactly which kernel are you running? Just being there doesn't mean it will work, it needs to be in the module
actually, they will load, as long as everything is correct. directory for your running kernel, and depmod should have been run so it knows of any module dependencies.
I would guess that those files contain the modules I need, but how do I get the modules loaded? modprobe is better than insmod. I did
lsmod | grep pctel
and it came up with nothing, so the modules apparently aren't there yet.
You may need some entries in /etc/modprobe.conf.local so it knows what module to use. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871