deaf-pc15:/# lsmodKernel requires old lsmod, but couldn't run lsmod.old: No such file or directory
deaf-pc15:/# But strangely, in X and using Konsole, running lsmod works just fine: deaf-pc15:/# lsmod Module Size Used by Tainted: PF rfcomm 30432 0 (autoclean) <snip> deaf-pc15:/#I don't have a great problem with this as I generally use X to load/remove modules, but I have probs with the nvidia installer, it has to be run when X is shut down, and it doesn't install the module as it failed to insert it:
-> Kernel module load error: WARNING: /usr/local/sbin/insmod.old: I am not the old version!
Thanks very much for your help again Cheers - Piers Adam Aube wrote:
Piers Kittel wrote:I think it's related to me trying out the 2.6 kernel a while ago and giving up and going back to the 2.4 kernel, I don't remember exactly when it occured, but it was several months ago, but when it happened, I couldn't do any module management, always got complaints that <command name>.old didn't exist - I did the dirty and nasty thing and softlinked <command name>.old to <command name> - not a good idea I know, but it generally works. But occasionally it doesn't work, such as the nvidia driver refusing to insert the module in the kernel (strange as it normally works just fine until now) as it got a warning that insmod.old isn't really insmod.old ("WARNING: insmod.old: I am not the old version!") and I'd like to fix it properly and how do I do that?Make sure that: 1) module-init-tools is removed 2) modutils is installed Adam