help -- updated kernel -- lost commands

nomb · 08-12-2006, 03:08 PM

Hello everyone I just update my smp kernel to the most recent kernel and now when I try to use modprobe or depmod it can't find the commands

using whereis both are there but I guess my comp can't find them...

what can i do to fix this?
THanks,

Nomb

Brian1 · 08-12-2006, 08:47 PM

I am guessing you are changing to root using ' su ' and not ' su - '. My guess is /sbin is not in you default users path. Using su only is switching to root but still using the users enviroment variables. But using ' su - ' will switch to root and use root's enviroment variables. So as ' su ' try using the command as ' /sbin/modprobe '.

Guess is if su worked before without /sbin then you may have upgraded a package and it has changed users enviroment variables.

Brian1

nomb · 08-12-2006, 08:55 PM

hmm interesting

su doesn't work
su - does work

how can i update that?

Brian1 · 08-12-2006, 09:15 PM

I have not figured out exactly where the default paths are actually located. The file it is in I believe is not editable. It is a compile file I believe. The easiest fix is to add the /sbin to your path.

Edit /home/username/.bashrc file and add this line to it.
export PATH=$PATH:/sbin

Logout and and back in.

Brian1