Can anyone help me out here? I've got a box that I recompiled the 2.2.18pre21 kernel for firewall options. Now that I've done this, it can't find my network card anymore. I figured that I needed to somehow recompile the module and get it into the right library. I can't use the pre21compact version (it doesn't like the cross-version thing). I've been trying to do use the make-kpkg process that's outlined for building new kernels, and I'm wrestling with getting the modules built. I've read the man pages for all the stuff (including the README files lying around), and what I've done still does not work. I've fixed a type on the sample.rules.module file, and typed in some value for TOPDIR in the net subdirectory Makefile, not knowing if either thing was the correct option. I also symlinked the source directories from the kernel-specific directory to the /usr/src/modules directory and created debian/rules files for the net subdirectory. So, my questions are: Did I really need to recompile the kernel to get firewalling? If so, how do I go about getting a custom version of ne.o built for this kernel? Anybody know where I can get good instructions on how to do this? Does anyone have a quick snippet of the debian/rules file that shows how I get the module built (I think that's where my problem is). Sorry if I seem a little edgy, I've been at this for about a week in my spare time, and my office wants the firewall installed this weekend. Thanks for any assistance. Let me know if more info is needed. -- Dave Kleist dkleist at acm.org "The covers of this book are too far apart." - Ambrose Bierce