Re: Small issues, but still annoying

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

Ibrahim Mubarak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Each time my kernel boots, I see flashing on my screen for a sec the
> word "FATAL" followed (on a seperate line) by kernel modules' names. I
> am not sure what the FATAL error message is as it goes out of my screen
> way too fast.
>
> I tried a few log files in /var/log such as dmesg, messages, syslog,
> kern.log, but nothing in there that resembles what I see at boot time.
>
> Another issue is this line in syslog :
> May 22 21:12:39 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install
> command for sound_slot_1
>
> which appears twice for each boot. I looked at /etc/modules and nothing
> about sound except the nvsound module (nForce3 chipset) which works
> just fine.
>
> Any ideas where I should look next?
>
> Thx,
> ib

Possibly because you are compiling some feature into the kernel instead
of using the corresponding module.  Who knows how many packages can cause the
module routines to do this?  It's an annoying type of error for a message
to label innocuous conditions as "FATAL," the kind the experienced users
know enough to ignore but stops newbees in their tracks.  The problem
is apparently that hotplug and udev depend on one of the two module packages
that give these errors if you don't use modules.