Re: Modprobe Question
Mike Acklin wrote:
>
> Hello Again,
>
> Well still working on the xringd program but started watching the
> syslog file and found something I had not seen before.
>
> I was working with diald yesterday and finally got it working just
> fine. But I was debugging it with /var/log/ppp.log so really didn't see the
> /var/log/syslog. Then today while working with the xringd I see this:
>
> Sep 24 16:49:02 debian modprobe: can't locate module pf-4
> Sep 24 16:49:02 debian modprobe: can't locate module pf-3
> Sep 24 16:49:02 debian modprobe: can't locate module pf-5
>
> So I killed xringd and continued to see those messages when diald is
> running. What exactly does it mean and what can I do to correct it. I have
> looked in /lib/modules/2.0.35 and cannot find anything to do with pf-4, 3,
> or 5. I am at a loss. Now when diald is not running, it does not get entered
> in the syslog.
>
> Does this have something to do with the serial port being
> passed to the ppp0 port? I just want to make sure I am not missing
> something.
>
> But as far as I can tell diald is working fine. I dials out and
> sends messages, goes to webpages, etc just like it is suppose to and then
> drops carrier after 30 second, just like it is set up in the config file.
>
> And while I was at it I found something else interesting. What does
> this mean?:
>
> Sep 24 05:25:34 debian inetd[959]: getpwnam: nobody: No such user
>
> Is someone probing my system looking for something? Just wondering.
> Again thanks for all the responses I got with the xringd question. Maybe one
> of these days I will be able to answer questions instead of asking them.
>
> Mike Acklin
>
About the modprobe errors:
This doesn't have anything to do with xringd. Its refering to various
network protocols built as modules when you compiled your kernel. In
/etc/conf.modules or the newer location /etc/modutils/alias, make sure
the following lines are uncommented:
alias net-pf-3 off
alias net-pf-4 off # IPX
alias net-pf-5 off # DDP / appletalk
If you *are* using IPX or Appletalk, then the modprobe error message
really is an error message that is saying it can't find the requested
module to load.
--
Ed C.
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