Modules fails to load after update

Nreal · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 289

Upgraded kernel from 5.4.6 to 5.4.7 and after that none of the previous versions either work. Same problem with every version that used to work too. Removed 5.4.7 and rebuilded 5.4.6 - no luck with module loading

Nreal · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 289

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:32 pm Post subject:

Nreal,

Most of those modules look like external kernel modules.
Check that /usr/src/linux points to your new kernel.

Did you run

Nreal · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 289

Nreal · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 289

Copied /lib from a chrooted enviroment to this and replaced kernel-5.4.6 and after that booted normally.

emerge --sync doesnt work here, did emerge-webrsync cause this?

/lib/modules/5.4.7-gentoo is half of the size as previous kernels modules.

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

forget to make modules_install ?

Hu · Administrator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 23082

Slow down. Give actual error messages. Pick one problem at a time to work on. Don't make system state changes you don't understand, unless someone you trust has expressed confidence that it is the right thing to do.

Nreal · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 289

I have a gentoo installed with same settings as this machine which didnt boot after update.

Because I was unable to boot this system I booted that normally chrooted gentoo with similiar settings
and tried to compile the kernel again with now chrooted this not booting system.

It made any difference, so I copied the kernel and /lib folder and replaced them in the system that was not able to boot.
After that it booted rightaway up.

Because this is multiseat i copied /lib/udev folder from the old /lib to the new /lib folder too and it did the trick with multiseat.

emerge --sync havent worked for week or so. PGP keys missing and server seems to be down.

Had to emerge-webrsync few times and it have caused some errors here etc. portage permissions got wrong and had to chown them back couple of times.

I have plenty of modules in kernel, compiling have worked over 10 years without any big problems so far with

make oldconfig && make -j100 && make modules_install

Modules from backed up and replaced /lib folder can bee seen here http://nreal.ddns.net/new/modules.txt and these are now in /lib http://nreal.ddns.net/new/newlibmodules.txt these have been compiled in the same machine with same settings in a chroot.

afterwards nvidia etc.