RE: strange modprobe messages
Hi,
I don't know of any way to "trick" the kernel as you put it. I
complile as many things as I can into modules and I upgrade them everytime I
recompile. I feel that it's more flexible this way.
Check your /etc/modules file. this tells the kernel what modules to load
automatically at boot time. seems to me, if this file is empty (and it
should be for you since you say you are building everything into the
kernel), then modprobe won't try to load anything and you shouldn't get this
error.
what do you think?
ajay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dylan [mailto:dylan@iici.no-ip.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:24 PM
> To: Pisupati, Ajay; debian ppc
> Subject: Re: strange modprobe messages
>
>
> Well, i did recompile the kernel on both of them. there are 2
> machines, and
> 8500 and an 8100. i made an installed the modules for the
> 8500...after a
> recent hard drive crash on the 8500, i am no longer have
> them. however, in
> the past when i had upgraded the kernel, but not the modules
> (i usually
> build everything into the kernel) -- it would only give me
> this error at
> boot time.
>
> likewise on the 8100, which is using a Mach Kernel - has
> everything built
> into it... and only gives me the error at boot time.
>
> is there some way to tell the kernel that there are *no*
> modules? som way to
> trick it into behaving?
>
> thanks!
>
> dylan
>
> on 03.5.15 5:36 AM, Pisupati, Ajay at ajay.pisupati@pw.utc.com wrote:
>
> > hi,
> > I am no expert, but did you compile the kernel recently and forget
> > to do make modules_install?
> > make sure that the file _is_ missing. if the whole
> directory "2.4.21-rc1"
> > is missing in /lib/modules then you definately forgot that step.
> > hth,
> > ajay
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dylan [mailto:dylan@iici.no-ip.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:01 AM
> > To: debian ppc
> > Subject: strange modprobe messages
> >
> >
> > Hi-
> >
> > on my 2 ppc machines i have noticed something strange over
> the past few
> > days:
> >
> > in /var/log/{daemon.log, syslog}
> >
> > i am getting the following messages from modprobe in
> irregular intervals:
> >
> > May 14 23:19:09 cmn modprobe: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc1/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
> >
> > May 14 23:24:32 cmn modprobe: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc1/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
> >
> > May 14 23:27:05 cmn modprobe: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc1/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
> >
> >
> > anyone know what might be causing this... i am pretty sure
> that it hasn't
> > been happening that long...
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> >
> > dylan
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the
> people who are
> evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
> -Albert Einstein
>
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