New kernel fails to boot: It can't find modules.dep though it's there

lixy · 04-15-2005, 01:22 PM

Hi all.

As I had trouble using some devices with my current kernel (2.6.8-2) I thought I could give 2.6.11 a try. I installed the kernel sources the Debian way (apt-get) and compiled it the traditional way .

Code:

make clean modules modules_install bzimage

After that, I updated Grub to take into account the new kernel. i renamed the bzimage to vmlinuz-2.6.11, moved it to /boot and created a initrd.img-2.6.11 thru mkinitrd.
Upon reboot, I had fatal errors saying that modprobe couldn't find /lib/modules/2.6.11/modules.dep
Well, the file in question is there and it doesn't seem to be corrupted in any way (as compared to my other kernel's modules.dep
Desperate, I had a look at the depmod manual and ran

Code:

depmod -e -F System.map-2.6.11

which didn't change a thing as one would expect.

Any help greatly appreciated

rjlee · 04-15-2005, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lixy

Code:

make clean modules modules_install bzimage

This is not the traditional way to compile a kernel! Try reading the README file.

It sounds like one of the drivers needed to read the modules.dep file has itself been configured as a module (you can't load a module from a filesystem if the module is needed to read the filesystem). Having not run any form of “make config”, this is not surprising.

lixy · 04-16-2005, 07:23 AM

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply! I did configure the kernel thru

Code:

make menuconfig

first; I just didnt's mention it

Anyhow, I opted for a vanilla kernel this time and the README is pretty much all one needs to read if running LILO. Grub just needs a couple more commands; i.e: copy the newly created bzImage into a vmlinuz file in /boot and possibly create a initrd.img thru mkinitrd.

P.S: With the default config of the 2.6.11.7 kernel (and some people report this with the 2.6.10 as well), there's an error that goes:

Quote:

CC [M] drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.o
CC [M] drivers/char/agp/intel-mch-agp.o
CC [M] drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.o
CC [M] drivers/char/agp/nvidia-agp.o
CC [M] drivers/char/agp/sis-agp.o
CC [M] drivers/char/agp/sworks-agp.o
CC [M] drivers/char/agp/via-agp.o
CC [M] drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.o
In file included from drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.c:40:
drivers/char/drm/drm_agpsupport.h: In function `gamma_agp_uninit':
drivers/char/drm/drm_agpsupport.h:431: warning: `inter_module_put' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:582)
In file included from drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.c:42:
drivers/char/drm/gamma_context.h: In function `gamma_context_switch_complete':
drivers/char/drm/gamma_context.h:193: error: structure has no member named `next_buffer'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_context.h:193: error: structure has no member named `next_buffer'
In file included from drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.c:44:
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h: In function `gamma_clear_next_buffer':
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:40: error: structure has no member named `next_buffer'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:41: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:41: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:41: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:41: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:41: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:41: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:42: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
drivers/char/drm/gamma_old_dma.h:44: error: structure has no member named `next_queue'
In file included from drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.c:46:
drivers/char/drm/drm_drv.h: In function `gamma_release':
drivers/char/drm/drm_drv.h:807: warning: implicit declaration of function `gamma_ctxbitmap_free'
In file included from drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.c:58:
drivers/char/drm/drm_stub.h: In function `gamma_stub_putminor':
drivers/char/drm/drm_stub.h:148: warning: `inter_module_put' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:582)
drivers/char/drm/drm_stub.h:150: warning: `inter_module_unregister' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:578)
drivers/char/drm/drm_stub.h: In function `gamma_stub_register':
drivers/char/drm/drm_stub.h:206: warning: `inter_module_register' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:577)
drivers/char/drm/drm_stub.h:216: warning: `inter_module_unregister' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:578)
make[5]: *** [drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [drivers/char/drm] Error 2
make[3]: *** [drivers/char] Error 2
make[2]: *** [drivers] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.10'
make[1]: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.10'
make: *** [stamp-buildpackage] Error 2

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