[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#369256: installation-reports: modprobe does not find kernel modules



Eddy Petrisor wrote:
> The modprobe command bundled in d-i environment does not work out of the
> box. If one starts the installer in expert mode and skips directly to
> the "Load installer components from CD" menu item, chooses a kernel
> module (let's say crypto modules) after the package's installation
> attempting to run "modprobe aes" on vt2 will result in an error message
> that the module is not found.
> 
> It seems that after running netcfg the modprobe command behaves
> corectly.

You have to run depmod. Before that, obviously modprobe has no way to
know that your module is available. depmod is run by hw-detect.

I'm not sure that I'd characterise this as a bug at all.

-- 
see shy jo

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: