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Re: boot error messages with custom kernel



On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 22:33 +0200, David Fuchs wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I want to have a grsecurity enabled kernel and thus compiled my own.
> while doing so, I also removed tons of modules from the kernel config
> (drivers I know I'll never need), and chose to compile some into the
> kernel instead of modules (e.g., drivers for my sata disks).
> 
> I followed the directions found at
> http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-kernel-org-package.
> 
> now, during the boot process, just after the kernel boots, I get some
> error messages:
> 
> FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.19.2-grsec.1/modules.dep: No
> such file or directory
> 
> apart from this, the system boots perfectly fine and runs normal. the
> file /lib/modules/2.6.19.2-grsec.1/modules.dep does exist, but there
> is no such file in the generated initrd image (neither is there in the
> default kernel's).
> 
> so, why exactly is it looking for this file, and how do I get rid of the error?

It is looking for the file created and/or updated by "depmod" while
running the following command:

        depmod -e -F /boot/System.map-`uname -r` -v `uname -r`

Supposedly, as far as everything is there, yours should look like this:

        depmod -e -F /boot/System.map-2.6.19.2-grsec.1 -v
        2.6.19.2-grsec.1

That should update and give you the following files
in /lib/modules/2.6.19.2-grsec.1/:

        modules.alias
        modules.ccwmap
        modules.dep
        modules.ieee1394map
        modules.inputmap
        modules.isapnpmap
        modules.ofmap
        modules.pcimap
        modules.seriomap
        modules.symbols
        modules.usbmap

Here is hoping.
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