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Where to find modules for pre-compiled debian kernel

I have access to a "virtual machine" running Debian, 
kernel "2.6.18-fza-028stab053.5-686-bigmem".

I need to add a module to the kernel, but it currently does not exist.
I have permission of the owner of the real machine to do anything I
want to the virtual one, and have root access via sudo.

What I lack is Debian knowledge to this point. I'm too spoilt by Red
Hat and it's derivatives, YUM. 

I assume this was a pre-compiled kernel, can I find the modules for it
without having to recompile them?

Thanks, Geoff.
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Tzafrir Cohen | 22 Sep 23:34

Re: Where to find modules for pre-compiled debian kernel

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:33:52PM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> I have access to a "virtual machine" running Debian, kernel 
> "2.6.18-fza-028stab053.5-686-bigmem".
>
> I need to add a module to the kernel, but it currently does not exist.
> I have permission of the owner of the real machine to do anything I
> want to the virtual one, and have root access via sudo.

To add? Or to build?

Can you modprobe a module from a openvz guest?

>
> What I lack is Debian knowledge to this point. I'm too spoilt by Red
> Hat and it's derivatives, YUM. 

Loading a module is the same everywhere.

>
> I assume this was a pre-compiled kernel, can I find the modules for it
> without having to recompile them?

I hope so. Is that a .ko file?

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson | 23 Sep 06:56

Re: Where to find modules for pre-compiled debian kernel

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:34:11PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

>To add? Or to build?

The problem is that it does not exist in the vitrual machine.

>
>Can you modprobe a module from a openvz guest?

There are no modules to try it with. /lib/modules is empty.

>Loading a module is the same everywhere.

One would hope.  Finding those modules may be a different experience. 

>
>>
>> I assume this was a pre-compiled kernel, can I find the modules for it
>> without having to recompile them?
>
>I hope so. Is that a .ko file?

It's PPP. As in ppp.o or ppp.ko I'm trying to build a VPN server for it.

Thanks,

Geoff.

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Tzafrir Cohen | 23 Sep 09:38

Re: Where to find modules for pre-compiled debian kernel

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 07:56:13AM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> It's PPP. As in ppp.o or ppp.ko I'm trying to build a VPN server for it.

  modprobe ppp

But as root, in the host. All openvz guests share the same kernel.

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sammy ominsky | 23 Sep 11:02

Re: Where to find modules for pre-compiled debian kernel

On 23/09/2008, at 10:38, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

>> It's PPP. As in ppp.o or ppp.ko I'm trying to build a VPN server  
>> for it.
>
>  modprobe ppp
> But as root, in the host. All openvz guests share the same kernel.

Sorry, no ppp in openvz yet.

http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=31072&&srch=ppp#msg_31072

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Yedidyah Bar-David | 23 Sep 09:40

Re: Where to find modules for pre-compiled debian kernel

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 07:56:13AM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:34:11PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> 
> >To add? Or to build?
> 
> The problem is that it does not exist in the vitrual machine.
> 
> 
> >
> >Can you modprobe a module from a openvz guest?
> 
> There are no modules to try it with. /lib/modules is empty.

I do not think it was clearly mentioned previously - is it an openvz VM?
If so, AFAIK, it's not a VM at all - it does not have its own kernel and
its own modules. It's more like a chroot jail on steroids.

> 
> 
> >Loading a module is the same everywhere.
> 
> One would hope.  Finding those modules may be a different experience. 
> 
> >
> >>
> >>I assume this was a pre-compiled kernel, can I find the modules for it
> >>without having to recompile them?
> >
> >I hope so. Is that a .ko file?
>

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