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New install. Not using modules at all. Getting four errors on startup
all saying the same thing about not being able to find modules.dep. How
do I get rid of these errors?

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On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 13:15:04 GMT
herzog@uhhh.org wrote:

>
> New install. Not using modules at all. Getting four errors on
> startup all saying the same thing about not being able to find
> modules.dep. How do I get rid of these errors?

maybe you do by chance. just do a make modules modules_install
if you really dont have any modules /lib/modules/<kernel>/ will be
almost empty and no more bitching bout modules.dep

regards

> > New install. Not using modules at all. Getting four errors on
> > startup all saying the same thing about not being able to find
> > modules.dep. How do I get rid of these errors?
>
> maybe you do by chance. just do a make modules modules_install
> if you really dont have any modules /lib/modules/<kernel>/ will be
> almost empty and no more bitching bout modules.dep

Module support not compiled into the kernel, so there is an error if try
to do a "make modules" or "make modules_install". I will post the
specific errors when I get home. Everything works fine, but I would
rather the bootup output be cleaned up...


--
Larry Herzog Jr. "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
VROC #11489 conceit, but in humility consider others
herzog@uhhh.org better than yourselves." - Philippians 2:3

> > > New install. Not using modules at all. Getting four errors on
> > > startup all saying the same thing about not being able to find
> > > modules.dep. How do I get rid of these errors?
> >
> > maybe you do by chance. just do a make modules modules_install
> > if you really dont have any modules /lib/modules/<kernel>/ will be
> > almost empty and no more bitching bout modules.dep
>
> Module support not compiled into the kernel, so there is an error if try
> to do a "make modules" or "make modules_install". I will post the
> specific errors when I get home. Everything works fine, but I would
> rather the bootup output be cleaned up...

Ok, here is the exact verbage I get:

..
..
* Mounting local filesystems... [ok]
* Activating (possibly) more swap... [ok]
* Caching service dependencies... [ok]
* Setting system clock to hardware clock [UTC]... [ok]
modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
* Configuring kernel parameters... [ok]
* Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run... [ok]
xargs: environment is too large for exec
* Cleaning up /tmp directory... [ok]
* Setting user font... [ok]
..
..

The directory "/lib/modules" does not exist on the system and, as I said
before, module support is not compiled into the kernel.

I would like to clean up the four modprobe errors. Also, I am curious
about the "xargs" entry as well.




--
Larry Herzog Jr. "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
VROC #11489 conceit, but in humility consider others
herzog@uhhh.org better than yourselves." - Philippians 2:3

> * Setting system clock to hardware clock [UTC]... [ok]
> modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
> * Configuring kernel parameters... [ok]
something after clock and before bootmisc (prolly hwclock called
from clock) wants to load some module. if you didnt compile rtc into
your kernel than this is the solution

> * Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run... [ok]
> xargs: environment is too large for exec

I have that, too and I dont core. maybe
( find /var/lock -type f -exec rm -f -- {} \; )
inside of bootmisc is responsible for that this behavior because I have
almost nothing there.

regards.