Hi,
I m trying to unload some of my numerous running modules:
Code:
pierre@debian:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
autofs4 18052 1
thermal 12944 0
fan 4236 0
button 6680 0
processor 17584 1 thermal
ac 5132 0
battery 9740 0
ipv6 229892 6
af_packet 20872 2
ipt_state 2304 18
ipt_REJECT 6528 4
ipt_limit 2688 6
ipt_LOG 6272 6
ip_conntrack_ftp 72240 0
ip_conntrack 32908 2 ipt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter 3072 1
ip_tables 16896 5 ipt_state,ipt_REJECT,ipt_limit,ipt_LOG,iptable_filter
eth1394 19976 0
pcspkr 3816 0
ohci1394 32004 0
ieee1394 100408 2 eth1394,ohci1394
snd_intel8x0 33068 0
snd_ac97_codec 59268 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 48168 0
snd_mixer_oss 16640 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 85384 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 23300 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11144 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport 4736 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 23204 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7944 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 50660 9 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9824 1 snd
pci_hotplug 30640 0
intel_agp 20512 1
agpgart 31784 1 intel_agp
ehci_hcd 27908 0
uhci_hcd 29328 0
usbcore 104164 4 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
b44 19972 0
mii 4864 1 b44
yenta_socket 19200 0
pcmcia_core 63028 1 yenta_socket
hw_random 5652 0
capability 4872 0
commoncap 7168 1 capability
joydev 9536 0
mousedev 9996 1
evdev 9088 0
p4_clockmod 5000 0
tsdev 7168 0
speedstep_lib 4356 1 p4_clockmod
freq_table 4356 1 p4_clockmod
cpufreq_userspace 5336 2
psmouse 17800 0
ide_cd 38176 0
cdrom 35740 1 ide_cd
genrtc 9332 0
reiserfs 209872 3
ext3 109544 0
jbd 54552 1 ext3
ide_generic 1664 0
ide_disk 16768 5
piix 12448 1
ide_core 125028 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,piix
unix 26036 125
font 8576 0
vesafb 6688 0
cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3200 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3712 1 vesafb
First of all, I can't make depmod work:
Code:
pierre@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/pierre# depmod gameport
WARNING: Can't read module gameport: No such file or directory
debian:/home/pierre# depmod joydev
WARNING: Can't read module joydev: No such file or directory
debian:/home/pierre#
/etc/modules contains some of the modules I want to load:
Code:
debian:/home/pierre# cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.
ide-cd
ide-disk
ide-generic
psmouse
cpufreq-userspace
p4-clockmod
This is the head of my /etc/modules.conf:
Code:
### This file is automatically generated by update-modules
#
# Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add
# anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read
# the manpage for update-modules.
#
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/0keep
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!
# This file is not marked as conffile to make sure if you upgrade modutils
# it will be restored in case some modifications have been made.
The update-modules man page says that the function is obsolete and runs update-modules.modutils
The update-modules.modutils man page says that it generates the /etc/modules.conf from the files in /etc/modutils/
Here is my /etc/modutils/:
Code:
debian:/home/pierre# ls /etc/modutils/
total 44
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 432 2004-12-19 02:40 0keep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254 2005-04-20 23:21 actions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4178 2005-04-20 23:21 aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8265 2005-02-24 14:59 alsa-base
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97 2005-03-31 12:55 apm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 392 2006-01-09 12:01 arch
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 2005-09-12 00:55 i2c
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2006-01-09 16:13 linux-sound-base_noOSS -> /lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modutils.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 303 2006-01-09 09:37 lirc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139 2004-12-19 02:40 paths
debian:/home/pierre#
I ran the update-modules command and restarted my computer, and none of my modules would get loaded.
From tty1 I ran update-modules.modutils and update-modules again, and restarted my computer and everything was back to normal.
I have a debian sarge upgraded to unstable with the default kernel
Question:
What should I do/read?
Thanks for your help
