Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2008 17:49, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: > besides my home directory, what else should i think about backing up? I would back up etc as well. Come to think of it, I might also grab var, and maybe run dpkg-query and save the output, to make reinstallio

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 17:49, Marty wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > besides my home directory, what else should i think about backing up? > > I would back up etc as well. > > > what would be the advantage of 'rsync'? > > It makes perfect copies of directory trees. is there a problem with 'cp -R'

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: besides my home directory, what else should i think about backing up? I would back up etc as well. what would be the advantage of 'rsync'? It makes perfect copies of directory trees. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 15:36, Marty wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote: > >> The simplest solution is to start with a new drive. Unplug and remove > >> your current drive if it contains anything valuable, put it in a safe > >> place. As the saying goes,

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote: The simplest solution is to start with a new drive. Unplug and remove your current drive if it contains anything valuable, put it in a safe place. As the saying goes, when you're stuck in the hole, stop digging. don't have a

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > When installing a new system (etch), is there any trick I need to know > > for getting my home directory right? I have the one from old system > > backed up. When I go to restore it on the new system, I assume the > > installer

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: When installing a new system (etch), is there any trick I need to know for getting my home directory right? I have the one from old system backed up. When I go to restore it on the new system, I assume the installer will have put some kind of home directory on the new system u

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
When installing a new system (etch), is there any trick I need to know for getting my home directory right? I have the one from old system backed up. When I go to restore it on the new system, I assume the installer will have put some kind of home directory on the new system under my username.

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:37, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: > Marty, > > should i be concerned about the following. i did this without pointing > sources.list to the new repository. Well, fix that. :-) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade It's a typical casc

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:37, Marty wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > Marty, > > > > should i be concerned about the following. i did this without pointing > > sources.list to the new repository. > > Well, fix that. :-) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > > It's a typical cascad

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: Marty, should i be concerned about the following. i did this without pointing sources.list to the new repository. Well, fix that. :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade It's a typical cascade of errors caused by the first few individual package dependency

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1 > > (using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement linux-wlan-ng ... > > /etc/modutils/0k

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 02:46:31PM -0500, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > tom arnall wrote: >> i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r >> 2.6.16.4 >> >> so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 >> not

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
cking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done (Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace lin

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Florian Kulzer
age status... Done > Retrieving bug reports... Done > Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done > (Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1 > (using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i38

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2008 11:46, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: > i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r > 2.6.16.4 > > so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 > not fully installed or removed.' i

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 11:46, Marty wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r > > 2.6.16.4 > > > > so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 > > not fully installed or removed.' is whe

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread Marty
tom arnall wrote: i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.16.4 so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 not fully installed or removed.' is where it gets interesting: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrad

dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
installed.) Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1 (using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-wlan-ng ... /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting Note: If /etc/modu

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
inline. On Sunday 20 January 2008 10:39, David Paleino wrote: > Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:39:19 -0800 > > tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > David, > > > > hmmm. i did 'chmod -R 777 /dev' a couple of months ago, changing > > unwittingly many (most?) permissions on the system accord

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
Is there actually supposed to be a 'keep' program on the system? I looked at a full backup I did a couple of months ago and I cannot find it there. tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:39:19 -0800 tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > David, > > hmmm. i did 'chmod -R 777 /dev' a couple of months ago, changing unwittingly > many (most?) permissions on the system accordingly. Why did you do that? > will a dist-upgrade wreck what is left of t

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 10:23, David Paleino wrote: > Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:26:42 -0800 > > tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > i have been doing 'apt-get upgrade' fairly regularly. is there s'thing > > else i need to do? > > That's not sufficient. > > You should also apt-get d

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread Kalessin
Le dimanche 20 janvier 2008 à 10:31 -0800, tom arnall a écrit : > Florian, > > why do you say my system is not fully etch? > > thanks, > > tom arnall > arcata > > Because you are using a 2.6.16 kernel ? : > > system details: > > > > [EMAIL

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:26:42 -0800 tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > i have been doing 'apt-get upgrade' fairly regularly. is there s'thing else i > need to do? That's not sufficient. You should also apt-get dist-upgrade. Use with caution though, check what it tries to remove

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
Florian, why do you say my system is not fully etch? thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
ion messages: > > > Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting > > Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please > > ensure it does not have execute permission > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > > subprocess post-removal script retu

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 22:11:28 -0800, tom arnall wrote: > i interrupted 'apt-get install linux-wlan-ng' and when i did the command > again > i got at the end of the installation messages: > > /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found > Error while e

/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-19 Thread tom arnall
i interrupted 'apt-get install linux-wlan-ng' and when i did the command again i got at the end of the installation messages: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executa

Re: etch 2.6 kernel and modutils broken symlinks

2008-01-01 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 01, Declan Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed that my system has some files that belong to the "modutils" > package (which is used with 2.2 and 2.4 kernels), however I don't have > that package installed. The files are "/sbin/ksyms&q

etch 2.6 kernel and modutils broken symlinks

2008-01-01 Thread Declan Mullen
Hi All My system is running "etch" with the latest updates and a 2.6 kernel. It has never installed or run a 2.4 or 2.2 kernel. I've noticed that my system has some files that belong to the "modutils" package (which is used with 2.2 and 2.4 kernels), however I don'

amd64 woes /etc/modutils/arch

2005-08-30 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, I finally plucked up my courage and put in another hard disk and installed 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 which is running independently of my i386 installation. Loads of problems but perhaps the easiest is what do I do to get my architecture into /etc/modutils/arch? I can't install the alsa dr

Re: Linux 2.6 and modutils

2004-05-16 Thread Shaun Jackman
en I'm using 2.6.5? > > > instead of > > modules.conf > > modutils > > modules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux 2.6 and modutils

2004-05-16 Thread LeVA
.5? > instead of > modules.conf > modutils > modules > -- LeVA pgpUVM9sbnq9C.pgp Description: signature

Re: Linux 2.6 and modutils

2004-05-16 Thread Shaun Jackman
The root of my problem is that the Debian 2.6 kernel uses modprobe.conf modprobe.d modules-2.6 instead of modules.conf modutils modules Once I figured that out, everything was easy to fix. > You are mistaken about what is a kernel module and w

Re: Linux 2.6 and modutils

2004-05-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Shaun Jackman wrote: > Please cc me in your reply. Please do not CC me but keep replies to the mailing list. > I am using the following modutils lines > > alias char-major-10-1 mousedev > above mousedev psmouse > alias sound-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > alias eth0 3c59x Those see

Linux 2.6 and modutils

2004-05-14 Thread Shaun Jackman
I am using the following modutils lines alias char-major-10-1 mousedev above mousedev psmouse alias sound-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias eth0 3c59x but they seem to be having no effect. For example, $ modprobe eth0 FATAL: Module eth0 not found. How can I make this work? ii modutils 2.4.26-1

Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-21 Thread Mario Vukelic
date /etc/modules.conf from /etc/ modutils/* for 2.4 Use update-modules to update /lib/modules/modprobe.conf from /etc/ modprobe.d/* for 2.6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
4 kernel for a rescue boot, but I was planning to > | > remove it eventually. > | > | With 2.6, update-modules uses /etc/modutils/* to form > | /lib/modules/modprobe.conf, which is included in > | /etc/modprobe.conf. > > Are you sure? I think, though I could be wrong, that the 2.

Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
ules uses /etc/modutils/* to form | /lib/modules/modprobe.conf, which is included in | /etc/modprobe.conf. Are you sure? I think, though I could be wrong, that the 2.6 update-modules uses /etc/modprobe.d/*, not /etc/modutiles. I thought /etc/modutils is only for 2.4 (and earlier) kernels. A fai

Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-18 Thread Darin Strait
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 18 February 2004 05:32 pm, Adam Aube wrote: > 2.6 only - Keep both, but only maintain modprobe.d I think that this is the answer that I was looking for. I've been trying to clean up little things since I've updated to 2.6 and I keep wond

Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-18 Thread Adam Aube
On 18 Feb 2004 at 16:41:36, CW Harris wrote: > does 2.6 require both? I currently have kept both since I > have a 2.4 kernel for a rescue boot, but I was planning to > remove it eventually. With 2.6, update-modules uses /etc/modutils/* to form /lib/modules/modprobe.conf, which is in

Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-18 Thread CW Harris
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 05:32:40PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > On 18 Feb 2004 at 15:21:48, Darin Strait wrote: > > I don't understand why I have a modprobe.d and a modutils > > directory. > > The modutils directory is for modutils (for 2.4 kernels), and > the modpr

Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-18 Thread Adam Aube
dprobe.d and a modutils > directory. The modutils directory is for modutils (for 2.4 kernels), and the modprobe.d directory is for module-init-tools (for 2.6 kernels). > Should I be using one or the other or both? That depends on what kernels you use. 2.4 only - use "apt get remove --pu

Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?

2004-02-18 Thread Darin Strait
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I understand that modules.conf is deprecated in favor of update-modules. I don't understand why I have a modprobe.d and a modutils directory. Should I be using one or the other or both? Thanks, - -d -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version:

Re: modutils for kernel 2.6.x and Woody

2003-12-31 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 14:56, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > does someone know a package for the new modutils for Woody? Adrian Bunk has them, backports.org too http://www.apt-get.org/search.php?query=module-init-tools&submit=&arch%5B%5D=i386&arch%5B%5D=all -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

modutils for kernel 2.6.x and Woody

2003-12-31 Thread Frank A. Uepping
Hi, does someone know a package for the new modutils for Woody? /FAU -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

modutils (was:Configuring AC97 sound)

2003-11-10 Thread Christian Schnobrich
x27;t need to get them -- every home should have them. The package they are in is called 'modutils', and if I'm not completely mistaken it needs massive tampering to install Debian without getting modutils as part of the deal. The same with the loadable kernel modules (aka device d

Re: modutils problem

2003-10-17 Thread Shaul Karl
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 08:01:09PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > Hello! > > I have noticed that when I load a module the /etc/modutils/ > files, which conatins the "post-install" lines, doesn't run. > So when I load my emu10k1 for example, which has a /etc/modutils/emu10k

Re: modutils problem

2003-10-17 Thread LeVA
David Z Maze írta: LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I have noticed that when I load a module the /etc/modutils/ files, which conatins the "post-install" lines, doesn't run. So when I load my emu10k1 for example, which has a /etc/modutils/emu10k1 file, which contains th

Re: modutils problem

2003-10-17 Thread David Z Maze
LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have noticed that when I load a module the > /etc/modutils/ files, which conatins the "post-install" > lines, doesn't run. > So when I load my emu10k1 for example, which has a > /etc/modutils/emu10k1 file, which contains th

modutils problem

2003-10-17 Thread LeVA
Hello! I have noticed that when I load a module the /etc/modutils/ files, which conatins the "post-install" lines, doesn't run. So when I load my emu10k1 for example, which has a /etc/modutils/emu10k1 file, which contains this line: post-install emu10k1 /usr/local/etc/emu-scr

Re: module-init-tools and modutils

2003-10-08 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Cheryl Homiak wrote: If I understand correctly, the package module-init-tools is for 2.6 kernels, and the modutils components for 2.4 kernels (rmmod, lsmod, insmod) are being renamed with a .modutils extension in debian unstable. I am running debian unstable, and just had trouble installing a

module-init-tools and modutils

2003-10-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
If I understand correctly, the package module-init-tools is for 2.6 kernels, and the modutils components for 2.4 kernels (rmmod, lsmod, insmod) are being renamed with a .modutils extension in debian unstable. I am running debian unstable, and just had trouble installing a commercial package (oss

Re: Kernel 2.6 and modutils

2003-09-22 Thread Andre Kalus
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:46:03 +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > On Sunday 21 September 2003 13:16, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: >> Hi >> >> I tired to install a 2.6.0-test4 (debain release) kernel. After the >> reboot i was not able to use the modutils (and all modules)

Re: Kernel 2.6 and modutils

2003-09-21 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
On Sunday 21 September 2003 13:16, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > I tired to install a 2.6.0-test4 (debain release) kernel. After the reboot > i was not able to use the modutils (and all modules) at all. It says that > "QM_MODULES" is not implementet. After some go

Kernel 2.6 and modutils

2003-09-21 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi I tired to install a 2.6.0-test4 (debain release) kernel. After the reboot i was not able to use the modutils (and all modules) at all. It says that "QM_MODULES" is not implementet. After some googling around i know that modultis need to be patched to work proper with the 2.6 ker

Re: how to right correct /etc/modutils/* ?

2003-09-03 Thread Dave Thayer
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:13:55PM -0400, David Morse wrote: > Is there somewhere a cookbook or HOWTO for writing files for > /etc/modutils/* . I have to write files for my usb mouse and for my > sound chip, and I have no clue. I see on another system man update-modules Pay p

Re: how to right correct /etc/modutils/* ?

2003-09-03 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- David Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I try it on my machine and startx doesn't auto-load the usb mouse, but > manually modprobing the mentioned modules works well. > Try adding the necessary modules to your /etc/modules file. They go one per line, and are loaded on boot. -Roberto

how to right correct /etc/modutils/* ?

2003-09-03 Thread David Morse
Is there somewhere a cookbook or HOWTO for writing files for /etc/modutils/* . I have to write files for my usb mouse and for my sound chip, and I have no clue. I see on another system /etc/modutils/usb:__ alias char-major-13 mousedev below mousedev hid below hid usb

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > Because, as of kernel 2.5.48 the kernel modules now end in .ko and have a > > completely different internal structure. The new module-init-tools does > not > > handle old style modules, but recognizes and passes them

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 00:26, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > It seems that modutils and module-init-tools are duplicating most of the > > work. > > Both of them do some check as of the kernel's ability to load modules, &

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Micha Feigin
8 the kernel modules now end in .ko and have a > completely different internal structure. The new module-init-tools does not > handle old style modules, but recognizes and passes them on to modutils. > The old modutils knows nothing of the new formats and will barf all over itself >

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Micha Feigin
8 the kernel modules now end in .ko and have a > completely different internal structure. The new module-init-tools does not > handle old style modules, but recognizes and passes them on to modutils. > The old modutils knows nothing of the new formats and will barf all over itself >

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
not handle old style modules, but recognizes and passes them on to modutils. The old modutils knows nothing of the new formats and will barf all over itself if you attempt to build, load, remove, or otherwise operate on a module with it. The sh

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-28 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > It seems that modutils and module-init-tools are duplicating most of the > work. > Both of them do some check as of the kernel's ability to load modules, > module-init-tools also checks for /proc/modules. > Then both r

modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-28 Thread Micha Feigin
It seems that modutils and module-init-tools are duplicating most of the work. Both of them do some check as of the kernel's ability to load modules, module-init-tools also checks for /proc/modules. Then both run depmod, modutils does a bit more work at it. Next both of them load all the mo

Re: /etc/modutils/arch/i386

2003-03-04 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting matt zagrabelny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > thanks, that helps. one more question: > > if /etc/modutils/arch/i386 describes the mappings, where is the module > (char-major-10-135) being told to load at boot time? > > Somewhere in the /lib/modules/2.X.X direct

Re: /etc/modutils/arch/i386

2003-03-04 Thread matt zagrabelny
quot;alias char-major-10-135 rtc" line in > > > > /etc/modutils/arch/i386 by the following: > > > > > > > > #alias char-major-10-135 rtc > > > > > > > > then run update-modules, however on reboot i still get > > > > the

Re: /etc/modutils/arch/i386

2003-03-03 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting matt zagrabelny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 00:43, Martin Kacerovsky wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:47:23PM -0600, matt zagrabelny wrote: > > > i commented out the "alias char-major-10-135 rtc" line in > > &g

Re: /etc/modutils/arch/i386

2003-03-03 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 00:43, Martin Kacerovsky wrote: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:47:23PM -0600, matt zagrabelny wrote: > > i commented out the "alias char-major-10-135 rtc" line in > > /etc/modutils/arch/i386 by the following: > > > > #alias char-majo

Re: /etc/modutils/arch/i386

2003-03-02 Thread Martin Kacerovsky
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:47:23PM -0600, matt zagrabelny wrote: > i commented out the "alias char-major-10-135 rtc" line in > /etc/modutils/arch/i386 by the following: > > #alias char-major-10-135 rtc > > then run update-modules, however on reboot i still get >

/etc/modutils/arch/i386

2003-03-02 Thread matt zagrabelny
i commented out the "alias char-major-10-135 rtc" line in /etc/modutils/arch/i386 by the following: #alias char-major-10-135 rtc then run update-modules, however on reboot i still get the error message about loading the char-major-10-135 module. but when i do the following: alias cha

Re: dpkg error modutils solved

2002-02-02 Thread Florian Struck
On Saturday 02 February 2002 13:57, Florian wrote: > On Saturday 02 February 2002 13:44, Florian wrote: > > Howdy im having a little error on dselect running update. > > When configuring modutils i get the message: > > > > running dpkg --pending --configure ... > &

Re: dpkg error modutils

2002-02-02 Thread Florian
On Saturday 02 February 2002 13:44, Florian wrote: > Howdy im having a little error on dselect running update. > When configuring modutils i get the message: > > running dpkg --pending --configure ... > Setting up modutils (2.4.13-1) ... > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /

dpkg error modutils

2002-02-02 Thread Florian
Howdy im having a little error on dselect running update. When configuring modutils i get the message: running dpkg --pending --configure ... Setting up modutils (2.4.13-1) ... depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.17-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/pwcx-i386.o dpkg: error processing modutils

Re: Upgrade problem with kernel and modutils

2001-11-01 Thread Shaul Karl
> > I was trying to upgrade my system the other day and apt-get upgrade > first tells me that my modutils can't be configured since my kernel > sturcture has changed. I figured nothing of but now it's not just > modutils it's initrd-tools and modconf as well. I tri

Upgrade problem with kernel and modutils

2001-11-01 Thread Kyle Girard
I was trying to upgrade my system the other day and apt-get upgrade first tells me that my modutils can't be configured since my kernel sturcture has changed. I figured nothing of but now it's not just modutils it's initrd-tools and modconf as well. I tried upgrading to a ne

(fixed) Re: modutils won't install on testing

2001-10-16 Thread DvB
Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Setting up modutils (2.4.10-3) ... > >depmod: Unexpected value (20) in > >'/lib/modules/2.4.9-686/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.o' for > >ieee1394_device_size > > Known bug. The modutils package m

Re: modutils won't install on testing

2001-10-16 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >My last apt-get upgrade tried to upgrade modutils and then bombed with >the following message: > >Setting up modutils (2.4.10-3) ... >depmod: Unexpected value (20) in >'/lib/modules/2.4.9-686/kernel

Re: modutils won't install on testing

2001-10-16 Thread Frank Preut
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:22:54AM -0500, DvB wrote: > My last apt-get upgrade tried to upgrade modutils and then bombed with > the following message: > > Setting up modutils (2.4.10-3) ... > depmod: Unexpected value (20) in > '/lib/modules/2.4.9-686/kernel/drive

Re: modutils won't install on testing

2001-10-16 Thread dman
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:37:13AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:22:54AM -0500, DvB wrote: | > My last apt-get upgrade tried to upgrade modutils and then bombed with | > the following message: | > | > Setting up modutils (2.4.10-3) ... | > depmod: U

Re: modutils won't install on testing

2001-10-16 Thread danielt
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:22:54AM -0500, DvB wrote: > My last apt-get upgrade tried to upgrade modutils and then bombed with > the following message: > > Setting up modutils (2.4.10-3) ... > depmod: Unexpected value (20) in > '/lib/modules/2.4.9-686/kernel/drive

modutils won't install on testing

2001-10-16 Thread DvB
My last apt-get upgrade tried to upgrade modutils and then bombed with the following message: Setting up modutils (2.4.10-3) ... depmod: Unexpected value (20) in '/lib/modules/2.4.9-686/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.o' for ieee1394_device_size It is likely that the kernel str

bug priority -- uninstallable modutils now in testing

2001-10-16 Thread Blars Blarson
It appears that the maintainer of modutils set the priority of bug 114186 from grave to important, so the uninstallable modutils 2.4.10-3 made it into testing. Isn't a bug that makes a package uninstallable supposed to be given a higher priority that will prevent it from going into te

modutils and ieee1394 drivers

2001-10-08 Thread David Merrill
Well, I didn't see Wichert's note about modutils being broken, and now I've gotten into a state. I tried updating my kernel from 2.4.9 to kernel-image-2.4.10-k6, and the upgrade of modutils failed because of the unresolved symbols from the ieee1394 driver. Here's the outpu

modutils and ieee1394 drivers

2001-10-01 Thread Wichert Akkerman
The current version of modutils in unstable does not work with the ieee1394 drivers from the 2.4 Linux kernels. In a good demonstration of how to maintain a stable codebase the kernel developers changed some data structures that broke things. This means that if you need to use 1394 drivers you

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Timeboy
oaded. > ** What could be the cause? > ** I have reinstalled modutils two times (yes, I'm desperate), but the same > ** thing happens. you have to use modutils 2.4.x for work with kernel 2.4! Timo

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Oki DZ
Robert Waldner wrote: > There´s a FAQ on www.debian.org about that, see > http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 OK, I've upgraded all the necessary packages; now depmod works fine. Thanks a lot. BTW, I see some conflicting programs; those on net-tools and netbase. debsums net-tools would retu

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Matthew Dalton
Matthew Dalton wrote: > > Oki DZ wrote: > > It seems that libc6 has to be upgraded too; what are the consequences of > > having unstable libs on a stable machine? > > Why not compile your own modutils package from the sources in unstable? > You don't need to upgra

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Oki DZ
Robert Waldner wrote: > There´s a FAQ on www.debian.org about that, see > http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 I see, it's already on the homepage... Well, I think it's time to have a new feature on apt-get; it has to print something like: "Hi, wanna hear some news before continuing?" [Y/n] a

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Matthew Dalton
Oki DZ wrote: > It seems that libc6 has to be upgraded too; what are the consequences of > having unstable libs on a stable machine? Why not compile your own modutils package from the sources in unstable? You don't need to upgrade glibc then. > Well, actually, my question >

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 23 May 2001 12:33:12 +0700, Oki DZ writes: >It seems that libc6 has to be upgraded too; what are the consequences of >having unstable libs on a stable machine? Well, actually, my question >is: what unstable packages do you have to install on a stable machine in >order to have the machine h

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Oki DZ
hat version you're currently > | running, the suggested command should tell you. > | > | [...] > | > | o modutils 2.4.2 # insmod -V > ` It means that the package has to be reinstalled from unstable, right? I have updated my sources.list so tha

Re: modutils

2001-05-22 Thread Thomas Weinbrenner
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Oki DZ said: > "Noah L. Meyerhans" wrote: >> What version of modutils are you using? > > ii modutils 2.3.11-13.1Linux module utilities. ,[ /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes ] | Current Minimal Requirements | ==

Re: modutils

2001-05-22 Thread Oki DZ
"Noah L. Meyerhans" wrote: > What version of modutils are you using? ii modutils 2.3.11-13.1Linux module utilities. Running on stable Debian. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux bdg 2.4.4 #6 Fri May 4 11:53:01 JAVT 2001 i686 unknown Oki

Re: modutils

2001-05-22 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:29:05AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > If I did "depmod -a" then /lib/modules/2.4.4/modules.dep would become 0 > in size. What version of modutils are you using? noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.n

Re: modutils

2001-05-22 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:29:05AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > Hi, > > If I did "depmod -a" then /lib/modules/2.4.4/modules.dep would become 0 > in size. > > Pretty interesting... if modules.dep's size is 0, then no module could > be loaded. > What could be t

modutils

2001-05-22 Thread Oki DZ
Hi, If I did "depmod -a" then /lib/modules/2.4.4/modules.dep would become 0 in size. Pretty interesting... if modules.dep's size is 0, then no module could be loaded. What could be the cause? I have reinstalled modutils two times (yes, I'm desperate), but the same thing happens. Oki

Re: modprobe / modutils problems...

2001-05-21 Thread vester
puid.o >Symbol version prefix '' > > > > > i suppose it is becaue of those wrong paths? but how can i put them right? > > any ideas? > > I out of ideas. I may suggest: > 1) Are you shure that modules are from your current kernel? When you > compile

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