runaway modprobe loop ...

[Barry Mathieu <barkatbarry@mindspring.com>]

I just finished rebooting following a, 'apt-get install
kernel-image-2.2.19' and during the boot sequence I saw a bunch of
messages scroll up the screen that indicated something like,
"...modprobe...error...".

I captured the boot sequence using dmesg, and I don't see these
"...error(?)..." messages, but I do see:

kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped

Any ideas on what this issue may be or something more that I can do to
investigate? 

Yes, I am a newbie. 

Thanks in advance,
Barry Mathieu