Bug#363331: installation-reports

[Digby Tarvin <digbyt@acm.org>]

Further to my original report, I believe I have identified some
other configuration errors which were left by the installer
which were ralatively benign so did not notice them initially.

I'm not sure if this should be a new report or an addendum, but
as it refers to the same install it would seem that a new
report would have to repeat all of my earlier observations anyway.
Please let me know if this is not the correct procedure.

The issues are as follows:

1. Mysterious '/etc/modules' content

The installation left the following content in the /etc/modules file:
	# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
	#
	# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
	# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
	
	ide-cd.load
	ide-disk.load
	ide-generic.load
	psmouse.load
	sbp2.load

I have been unable to find any explanation for these entries with a '.load'
suffix, which produce the following unsettling diagnostics during boot:

2. 
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006: Loading modules...
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006:     ide-cd.load
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006: FATAL: Module ide_cd.load not found.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006:     ide-disk.load
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006: FATAL: Module ide_disk.load not found.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006:     ide-generic.load
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006: FATAL: Module ide_generic.load not found.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006:     psmouse.load
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006: FATAL: Module psmouse.load not found.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006:     sbp2.load
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006: FATAL: Module sbp2.load not found.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:52 2006:     dm-mod

2. Hardware detection seems to find a 'hw_random' device which either
doesn't exist or the driver doesn't recognise:

Fri Apr 28 22:10:53 2006: Detecting hardware...Discovered hardware for these modules: hw_random yenta_socket ohci1394 8139too ipw2200 piix ata_piix snd_hda_intel usb_uhci ehci_hcd
Fri Apr 28 22:10:53 2006: Loading hw_random module...
Fri Apr 28 22:10:53 2006: FATAL: Error inserting hw_random (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686/kernel/drivers/char/hw_random.ko): No such device

3. Hardware detect attempts to load modules that are already loaded, producing
the following warnings:

Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module yenta_socket.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module ohci1394.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module 8139too.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module ipw2200.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module piix.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module ata_piix.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module snd_hda_intel.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module uhci_hcd.
Fri Apr 28 22:10:54 2006: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Skipping already loaded module ehci_hcd.

Not sure if this is normal behaviour, but it looks disturbing when keeping
an eye on boot messages looking for problems..

Regards,
DigbyT
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Digby R. S. Tarvin                                          digbyt(at)digbyt.com
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