I always like watching all the stuff scroll up on my first boot of a new
install, but it's frustrating that the "failed" messages scroll up off the
screen before I can read them. So I put
#
echo -n 'entering rc.modules - hit enter ... "
read junk
#

so I can make it stop, and another at the bottom.

I see:
<irrelevant stuff snipped>

Running/etc/rc.d/rc.modules-2.4.22.2:
Now entering rc.modules ############################## <- this I added
Module dependencies up to date (no new kernel modules found).
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16)
Linux agpgart interface v-.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 940M
/lib/modules/2.4.33.3/kernel/derivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: init_module:
no such device
/lib/modules/2.4.33.3/kernel/drivers/char/agp.agpgart.o.gz: Hint: insmod
errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO
ir IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.33.3/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.33.3/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/w.4.ee/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: insmot agpgart
failed

and then it goes on to boot normally, until later, but one thing at a
time, OK?

What is agpgart?

If my system needs it, why didn't it get installed during install? I
picked "full" on the menu, and just let it run, so all of the defaults
should agree with each other, right?

Is it something that the install script determined that I don't need,
and I can excise whatever's invoking it in my rc.modules?

IOW, what have I done wrong, and how do I fix it?

Thanks,
Rich

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:16:03 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@example.net> wrote:

>What is agpgart?
A thingy for AGP mobos. rc.modules assumes you want to load it,
you can comment out the line in rc.modules (I 'chmod -x rc.modules').
>
>If my system needs it, why didn't it get installed during install?

It's a kernel module option. Perhaps you don't have AGP?

>Is it something that the install script determined that I don't need,
>and I can excise whatever's invoking it in my rc.modules?

Yup, sort of...

Grant.
--
http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:31:00 +1100, Grant wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:16:03 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@example.net> wrote:
>
>>What is agpgart?
> A thingy for AGP mobos. rc.modules assumes you want to load it,
> you can comment out the line in rc.modules (I 'chmod -x rc.modules').
>>

Thanks! Got rid of the error message, and I don't need 3D GraFX - it's
for a server, for gosh sakes. :-)

Thanks!
Rich