modprobe: modeprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-1

eltech · Guru Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 582 Location: New York

modprobe: modeprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-1
modprobe: modeprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-1
modprobe: modeprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-1
modprobe: modeprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-1

This is all i see when i boot up ..

now in my modules.autoload i only have one module to load .. and its not that ..

so i nano 'd my modules.conf and in there is a line ..
Uncomment the network protocols you dont want loaded
all the lines are commented including the alias net-pf-1

so i tried that and i got some strange error of a file being newer then that file and it basically reverted it back to the original file contents..

i dont know if this file is relative to the problem ..but am trying here.. right now i can not get on the net at all...

securiteaze · Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 5:40 pm Post subject:

Look in /etc/modules.d/aliases
Is there an entry for net-pf-1?
What does it say?
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eltech · Guru Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 582 Location: New York

yes there is .. it was '#' i mean commented so i uncommented it and set it to off .. it then fixed the problem ..

sarnold · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 4:32 pm Post subject: wait just a minute...

Howdy:

I'm having the exact same error on my 3rd gentoo box (which didn't occur on either of my first 2 boxes). Isn't net-pf1 required? In /etc/rc.conf, the default is to load both net-pf1 and net-pf2 (for unix and TCP/IP protocols, respectively) and net-pf10 is optional (for ipv6).

Don't I need both net-pf1 and net-pf2 for normal operation?

I must have horked up my kernel config, since I never saw this error on my first kernel (on the box in question). However, I had to reconfigure the kernel for other stuff (X drm, usb mouse, etc) and then I started seeing this error.

Even though the kernel boots up, it continously scrolls the "can't find module..." error, so something is definitely hosed (and I don't think turning off net-pf1 is the right answer). Or is it?

I won't be abe to work on this until after work today, but I'd dearly love to resolve this issue so I can continue building this box (right now it only has the basic system stuff built).

This is with a brand new 1.4-rc2 install and the gentoo-sources kernel.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Steve

Praxxus · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 11:49 pm Post subject:

Does running "depmod -a" fix it?

That's assuming the actual module.o file was compiled properly, and the ONLY problem is modprobe can't find it.
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discostu · Guru Joined: 01 Nov 2002 Posts: 333

I had that problem a while back with most of my modules, such as NVdriver. insmod worked fine, but modprobe did not. After running

sarnold · Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2003 10:07 pm Post subject: I fixed it...

Of course, I created the problem in the first place.

Since depmod runs at the end of the modules_install, that didn't help either. Somehow, I must have really horked up my kernel config; even the "make mrproper" didn't help.

What *did* fix it was re-emerging gento-sources amd starting over again. It always takes a while to wade through a fresh kernel config, but even grsecurity-medium compiled cleanly. The only thing is, I think my new motherboard just died :-(

Anyway, it *was* working fine; I even built gnome, blackdown, and mozilla yesterday, before the machine died last night. I'm waiting for a freind to bring me a rescue board (an Abit, I think).

I'm definitely not having good luck with hardware lately...

Steve

darktux · Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2003 12:31 am Post subject:

The solution is simple...

Don't uncoment that..

When building your kernel, go to "Networking Options" and put Y on Unix domain sockets.. Simple....

sarnold · Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2003 3:14 am Post subject:

darktux · Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2003 1:45 pm Post subject:

sarnold · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 5:05 am Post subject:

Yup.

It was hosed up pretty good, and later gcc started seg-faulting. Besides the net-pf1 error, I was also getting unresolved symbol errors with a couple of grsecurity functions (when I could actually finish a kernel compile).

I took out the no-name 128 Mb DDR dimm, going back to my one good 256 meg dimm, and everything works perfectly now (just with less memory). I started with a fresh gentoo-source tree, and everything works fine.

I´m returning the memory for credit (since I need an IDE CD burner now, anyway).

jay · l33t Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 980

Im getting a similiar error, but it tries to load loads net-pf10 after the sshd daemon starts. I tracked this down to the ipv6 protocol, but why wants ssh to take use of it?
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