>there is only the 2.4.15 pkgs in the debian trees (stable, unstable and >testing) > >where can the new modutils be retrieved from? > a single google-query would have shown they live in=20 /pub/linux/utils/kernel/moduitls/v2.4 in every kernel mirror you can find. I haven't tested newer versions on pa-risc, BTW. Good luck, Jurriaan