[ale] module symbols don't match

[Joe Bayes]

I think I've seen the answer to this somewhere, but now that I need it
I can't seem to find it. 

When I boot up, I get a bunch of messages about how my module symbols
(from linux-2.0.18) don't match my linux-2.0.18. 
In /var/log/messages, I find the following:

Jul  7 21:55:05 spoo kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Jul  7 21:55:05 spoo kernel: Adding Swap: 66488k swap-space
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: register_snap_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: register_8022_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: unregister_snap_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: make_EII_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: register_8022tr_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: unregister_8022tr_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: unregister_8022_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: make_8023_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: destroy_8023_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: call_out_firewall: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: call_fw_firewall: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: call_in_firewall: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: destroy_EII_client: wrong version or undefined
Jul  7 21:55:08 spoo insmod: Loading failed! The module symbols (from linux-2.0.18) don't match your linux-2.0.18

my /etc/conf.modules is the following:

alias scsi_hostadapter 53c7,8xx
alias eth0 3c59x
# loaf ftape/zftape automatically
alias char-major-27 zftape
pre-install ftape /sbin/swapout 10

I'm running RedHat 4.0.

depmod -a gives me:
spoo:/lib/modules/2.0.18# depmod -a
*** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/fs/ext.o
*** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/fs/hpfs.o
*** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/fs/ncpfs.o
	[ approx. 50 lines snipped ]
*** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/ipv4/ip_alias.o
*** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/ipv4/ipip.o
*** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.18/ipv4/rarp.o
*** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/default/misc/iBCS
spoo:/lib/modules/2.0.18# 



1) What can I do to halt the spewage of error messages?
2) Is it possible that this spewage is what's making it impossible for
	me to:	a) use the auto-module-loader to load ftape?
			(I can load it fine with insmod, though.)
		b) use insmod to load zftape? (I get a whole bunch of
		"foo undefined" messages and "Loading failed! The
module symbols (from linux-2.0.18) don't match your linux-2.0.18".)
		c) use tar to write to my travan drive? (I get an I/O Error.)

If somebody could point me in the right direction, I can probably
figure it out from there. 

Thanks a bundle.

--joe