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On 01/15/15 10:10, Doug Hardie wrote:
> Is there some magic that is needed to switch from a custom kernel to generic?  Why would the kernel not find the modules when ls can?

Did you reboot the system? Is the running kernel in-sync with the
modules in your /boot/kernel/ directory?

If the running kernel is not in-sync with the modules, modules cannot
be loaded.