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spatz
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 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:08 pm Post subject: Weird modules problem on boot |
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When gentoo boots and is trying to load the modules it says it is unable to load mousedev and joydev. I have those two things compiled built-in the kernel, not as modules and i don't have them anywhere in /etc/modules.d and in /etc/modules.autoload. Why does it want to load them?
The message displayed on boot:
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modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.20-ck4/modules.dep
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module mousedev
modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.20-ck4/modules.dep
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module joydev
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BonezTheGoon
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 3:20 am Post subject: |
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This sounds similar to something I see each time I boot. I wrote about it here. I do not see anything about modules.dep though and that could be the bit of information I was missing!
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BonezTheGoon
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 3:29 am Post subject: |
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Well there is no mention (that I found when I just searched) in either my modules.conf or my modules.dep of keybdev which is the module mentioned in the error I get. Still a mystery to me!!
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handsomepete
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 3:31 am Post subject: |
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| You could try to go back to /usr/src/linux and make -d dep (I think that's the debug switch) and output it to a file. Less through that to see if any weirdness popped up. Or maybe you can cheat and just cut/comment out the offending lines from modules.dep. I have no idea what that'll actually do, but trying things is fun! |
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spatz
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll try compiling mousedev and joydev as modules, that must solve the problem... |
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spatz
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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I recompiled my kernel, but the problem is only partially solved.
It doesn't complain about missing mousedev and joydev anymore (now I do have them as modules) but now modprobe and insmod are complaining about modules.conf being newer than modules.dep.
I think this is happening because at every boot the init script is running update-modules, making modules.conf newer. I looked at /sbin/update-modules and the last part there says:
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# We also call depmod here to stop insmod from complaining that modules.conf
# is more recent then modules.dep
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if [ -d `depdir` -a -f /proc/modules ]
then
depmod -a
fi
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Well, insmod is complaining, so what's going on? |
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