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[Joël Bourquard <joel.bourquard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

CONFIG_TUN=y means that TUN is built within the kernel, therefore no
modprobe is needed.

To build TUN as a module you would need CONFIG_TUN=m


On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:38 AM, <rabelbox-ucar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a vaio VPC-Z13V9E/X, and used
> the latest Adam kernel, 2.6.37-6, available at
> http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam.
>
> Thanks Adam for this great job, it really was straightforward.
>
> - I used the Ubuntu 10.10 installer
> - on the first reboot, modified the grub lines so that
>         - linux -> linux16
>         - initrd -> inird16
>         - quiet splash -> i8042.reset i8024.nomux i8024.noloop i8042.nopnp
>
> Then I followed the instructions given in the README at
>
> http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/IMPORTANT_README
>
> Every thing is working fine. I managed to control Brightness thanks to the
> battery notification applet.
>
> The only lasting issue has to do with TUN module. It's needed when using
> Bridged networking with VirtualBox, to access from the host a web server on
> a virtual machine. The bridge-utils are already installed. It seems that the
> installed TUN module was built for the Ubuntu installation kernel version, I
> say that because when I issue this command:
>
> cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) | grep CONFIG_TUN
>
> the answer is:
>
> CONFIG_TUN=y
>
> Tried:
> modprobe tun
> doesn't change anything.
>
> Trying
> rmmod tun
> ERROR: Module tun does not exist in /proc/modules
>
> Am I missing some thing? Do I have to rebuild kernel and modules, which I
> never did before; my knowledge of linux modules is rather basic.
>
> Thanks
> R.B.
>
>
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