Re: insmod.old/lsmod.old etc probs

[Piers Kittel <debian@biased.org>]

Usually "su" but when I login as console knowing I need root do to 
stuff, I login as root.

In Konsole:

deaf-pc15:/home/piers# echo $PATH
/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
deaf-pc15:/home/piers# which lsmod
/sbin/lsmod
deaf-pc15:/home/piers#

Interesting - logging in as root causes the problems (kernel needs 
lsmod.old etc) but logging in as my own name then using "su" it works 
just fine.

Logging in console as root:

deaf-pc15:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.1/bin
deaf-pc15:~# which lsmod
/usr/local/bin/lsmod
deaf-pc15:~#

Thanks very much for your help again

Cheers - Piers

Bill Marcum wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:01:41AM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote:
>
> > Uninstalled module-init-tools, and modutils was already installed, but 
> > still doesn't fix the problem I'm afraid:
> >
> > deaf-pc15:/# lsmod
> > Kernel 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:
>
> How do you become root?  Login, su, or "su -" ?
>
> echo $PATH
> which lsmod