When I boot up my Gentoo box I get a buttload of "Searching for xxx Module
not found".
Some of the modules mentioned are sata_sii, ohci-hd.
I woudl like to know what is making this show up and how do I get rid of it?
Thanks
Chris

Chris Tremblay wrote:
> I woudl like to know what is making this show up and how do I get rid of it?

In /etc/modules.autoload.d/ check the contents of the relevant kernel file.

Checked the kernel-2.6 file and there isn't anything there about the
specific modules being mentioned.
Here is the contents:

# 3c59x
8139too
#yenta_socket
ndiswrapper
nvidia_agp
nvidia NVreg_SoftEDIDs=0 NVreg_Mobile=0
autofs
evdev
psmouse
orinoco_cs
cloop

Any other ideas?

"Paul Bredbury" <i@hate-spam.com> wrote in message
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> Chris Tremblay wrote:
>> I woudl like to know what is making this show up and how do I get rid of
>> it?
>
> In /etc/modules.autoload.d/ check the contents of the relevant kernel
> file.

Chris Tremblay wrote:
> Any other ideas?

What kernel ("uname -r") are you running? If not the latest, try the
latest.

Does your PC support Serial ATA, or are the messages completely
inappropriate?

As a wild guess (with no bad side-effects), run "update-modules" (this
regenerates /etc/modules.conf) and reboot.

At what point do these messages occur - while the *kernel* is
initialising, or while the normal processes are starting? Do the
messages show in the output from "dmesg"?

Kernel = 2.6.11-gentoo-r9

The PC is a laptop so it doesn't support SATA and there is no need for it.

The messages show up between "Loading Modules" and "Mounting FileSystems"
and not in dmesg at all

Thanks for the reply
Chris

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> Chris Tremblay wrote:
>> Any other ideas?
>
> What kernel ("uname -r") are you running? If not the latest, try the
> latest.
>
> Does your PC support Serial ATA, or are the messages completely
> inappropriate?
>
> As a wild guess (with no bad side-effects), run "update-modules" (this
> regenerates /etc/modules.conf) and reboot.
>
> At what point do these messages occur - while the *kernel* is
> initialising, or while the normal processes are starting? Do the
> messages show in the output from "dmesg"?

Chris Tremblay wrote:
> Kernel = 2.6.11-gentoo-r9
>
> The messages show up between "Loading Modules" and "Mounting FileSystems"
> and not in dmesg at all

When you installed the kernel, did you copy the System.map and .config
files to /boot/, and name them properly? E.g.:

kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9
System.map-2.6.11-gentoo-r9
config-2.6.11-gentoo-r9

I recall Debian having this problem in their 2.6 kernel a few months
ago, but aside from it being a "known issue" I didn't see an explanation
of the cause.

Perhaps kernel option "CONFIG_KMOD" ("loadable module support" -->
"automatic kernel module loading") is being over-enthusiastic in its
efforts.

When doing the kernel I used genkernel which does everything for me
including copying the files over into /boot.
..

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> Chris Tremblay wrote:
>> Kernel = 2.6.11-gentoo-r9
>>
>> The messages show up between "Loading Modules" and "Mounting FileSystems"
>> and not in dmesg at all
>
> When you installed the kernel, did you copy the System.map and .config
> files to /boot/, and name them properly? E.g.:
>
> kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9
> System.map-2.6.11-gentoo-r9
> config-2.6.11-gentoo-r9
>
> I recall Debian having this problem in their 2.6 kernel a few months
> ago, but aside from it being a "known issue" I didn't see an explanation
> of the cause.
>
> Perhaps kernel option "CONFIG_KMOD" ("loadable module support" -->
> "automatic kernel module loading") is being over-enthusiastic in its
> efforts.

Chris Tremblay wrote:
> When doing the kernel I used genkernel which does everything for me
> including copying the files over into /boot.

Some info on the problem:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=128724
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39397

It seems to be caused by devfs, with the fix being to migrate from devfs
to udev.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Migrate_to_UDEV

Awesome! I will give that a shot.
Thanks
Chris

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> Chris Tremblay wrote:
>> When doing the kernel I used genkernel which does everything for me
>> including copying the files over into /boot.
>
> Some info on the problem:
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=128724
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39397
>
> It seems to be caused by devfs, with the fix being to migrate from devfs
> to udev.
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Migrate_to_UDEV