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runtime loadable elements of the kernel which have not been built into the main image

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Command to rebuild all DKMS modules for all installed kernels?

Occasionally, my system gets into a state where some kernels are missing a module or two, because DKMS somehow forgot to compile those modules for that kernel. Rather than spend time diagnosing the problem, it would be nice if there was a single…
Ryan C. Thompson
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How to add kernel module parameters?

How to add a kernel module parameter in Ubuntu 11.04? Can I use the /etc/module file? If yes, how?
waterloo2005
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Unable to Install VirtualBox Due to Missing Kernel Module

I am trying to install VirtualBox on my Ubuntu. I first tried to sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose in a terminal, but after the configuration step, it fails with an error: No suitable module for running kernel found When proceeding with…
SoftTimur
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Loading KVM AMD module fails

I want to use QEMU+KVM on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric but virt-manager warns that KVM is not loaded and performance will suffer. The problem may depend on the fact that sudo modprobe kvm-amd fails with error FATAL: Error inserting kvm_amd…
Nordlöw
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What does the dell-laptop kernel module do?

I'm upgrading the preinstalled version of Ubuntu on the Dell Vostro V130 notebook. During the upgrade, there were some errors concerning the dell-laptop kernel module. What is this module, and what does it do?
Šimon Tóth
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How do I install this patched b43 driver?

Recently I purchased a Macbook Pro that has a BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi card that does not work with the default kernel. sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name MacBookPro8,2 lspci |grep 4331 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation…
Russell
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What is the hp_accel module, and what does it do?

I was looking at what modules were loaded the other day on my laptop and I was wondering what the hp_accel module does. Any ideas?
Slipstream
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How to remove module from kernel using -r or rmmod?

I have a card installed, which causing not to get ip address automatically using DHCP. So i need to remove that card completely for the moment. I tried as below but its not working how can i remove it? $ lsmod | card card 45555 2 $ modprobe -r…
user25165
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How do I compile a kernel module?

A good man on NetworkManager mailinglist provided a patch that hopefully would solve an issue I'm experiencing related to slow mobile broadband detection on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit. I'd really like to check the patch but I can't figure out how to do…
Paolo
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Difference between kernel source code (kernel.org) and linux-source (in software center)

What is the difference between kernel code downloaded from http://www.kernel.org and the one downloaded from Software Center linux-source package? Which one is better for writing a device driver?
coder
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Problem with ioctl() in a simple kernel module

I am trying to build a simple kernel module. Following are the contents of file involved in it: module.c: #include #include #include #include #include…
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Compiling AVLD on 11.04

I'm trying to install AVLD 1.4 on Natty. I've unpacked the files, but when I compile them with make, it fails: make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic-pae/build M=/home/jmendeth/Downloads/avld_0.1.4 modules make[1]: entering…
Alba Mendez
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How can I install a driver?

Although my ethernet card worked, I had very bad latency and speed. I looked up the hardware and I found a driver. Having run its autorun.sh script makes the hardware work correctly. It loads the module by calling modprobe. However, I have to do…
Tamás Szelei
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How do I load iptable kernel modules onto a VPS?

I have two servers, using one for prod and one for dev. They are with different providers, and one is running Xen and the other OpenVZ (both running Ubuntu but 8.04 and 10.10 respectively). I've been having an issue with the OpenVZ server setting…
GiH
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Binfmt config not persisting after booting

I have the binfmt kernel module set up so I can run .NET apps as if they were native binaries. I have the /etc/rc.local file configured identically to this. If I power down my computer or boot into Windows, when I come back to Ubuntu, I can't run…
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