misc/62794: linux kernel module could not be loaded

[Kris Kennaway]

The following reply was made to PR misc/62794; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
To: Rob <rob at OhReally.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/62794: linux kernel module could not be loaded
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:34:33 -0800

 On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:19:20AM -0800, Rob wrote:
 
 > I just installed FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE. When installing, I first checked 'base install' and then added things, among which Linux support.
 > I got this error message on ttyv1:
 > 
 > ldconfig: warning: /usr/local/lib: No such file or directory
 > ldconfig: warning: /usr/X11R6/lib: No such file or directory
 > ldconfig: /usr/local/lib/aout: No such file or directory
 > ldconfig: /usr/X11R6/lib/aout: No such file or directory
 > Linux mode is not enabled.
 > Loading linux kernel module now...
 > kldload: can't load linux: no such file or directory
 > The linux kernel module could not be loaded.
 > Please enable linux mode manually and retry.
 > pkg_add: install script returned error status
 > 
 > I guess there's a package missing.
 
 The linux kernel module isn't needed during sysinstall, so it is not
 present.  Does linux support work as expected once you reboot?
 
 Kris