modprobe failing on boot

NNP · 02-15-2006, 04:01 AM

Hey, when i go to boot up my debian install I get the following lines output to the screen repeatedly. It then continues on and boots fine but i have no sound (not sure if its related)

Code:

Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 2: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 3: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 4: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 5: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 6: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 7: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 8: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 9: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 10: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 11: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 12: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 13: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 14: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 15: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 16: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 17: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 18: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 19: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 20: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 21: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 22: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 23: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 24: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 25: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 26: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 27: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 28: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 29: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 30: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 31: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 32: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 33: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 34: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 35: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 36: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 37: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 38: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 39: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 40: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 41: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 42: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 43: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 44: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 45: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 46: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 47: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 48: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 49: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 50: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 51: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 52: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 53: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 54: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 55: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 56: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 57: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'
Feb 15 09:53:24 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS line 58: ignoring bad line starting with 'blacklist'

That file itself contains the lines

Code:

sean@mitnick:/etc/modprobe.d$ cat linux-sound-base_noOSS
blacklist ac97
blacklist ac97_codec
blacklist ac97_plugin_ad1980
blacklist ad1848
blacklist ad1889
blacklist adlib_card
blacklist aedsp16
blacklist ali5455
blacklist btaudio
blacklist cmpci
blacklist cs4232
blacklist cs4281
blacklist cs461x
blacklist cs46xx
blacklist emu10k1
blacklist es1370
blacklist es1371
blacklist esssolo1
blacklist forte
blacklist gus
blacklist i810_audio
blacklist kahlua
blacklist mad16
blacklist maestro
blacklist maestro3
blacklist maui
blacklist mpu401
blacklist nm256_audio
blacklist opl3
blacklist opl3sa
blacklist opl3sa2
blacklist pas2
blacklist pss
blacklist rme96xx
blacklist sb
blacklist sb_lib
blacklist sgalaxy
blacklist sonicvibes
blacklist sound
blacklist sscape
blacklist trident
blacklist trix
blacklist uart401
blacklist uart6850
blacklist via82cxxx_audio
blacklist v_midi
blacklist wavefront
blacklist ymfpci
blacklist ac97_plugin_wm97xx
blacklist ad1816
blacklist audio
blacklist awe_wave
blacklist dmasound_core
blacklist dmasound_pmac
blacklist harmony
blacklist sequencer
blacklist soundcard
blacklist usb-midi

Any ideas?

Cheers

bulliver · 02-15-2006, 04:09 AM

Well, I don't use Debian, so maybe someone else can shed light on this, but it seems to me that each line in this file is being fed as an argument to modprobe, and modprobe is complaining rightly that it doesn't understand 'blacklist'.

Seems to me you could fix this by prefacing every line in this file with a '#' to comment it out, except the line that contains the driver for your soundcard. And on the line with your soundcard you should remove the 'blacklist'.

Again though, this may be some Debian specific configuration parameter. Perhaps you are supposed to run a script to parse this file to create a modprobe.conf, but this file is being run directly for some reason.