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haiku

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From: Chambery, France

Registered: 2011-01-28

Posts: 19

What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

Hello!

I've just updated today, with the linux 3.1 kernel.

Pacman gave me an output for module-init-tools :
warning: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf installed as /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew

Ok, I guess.

But then,during the kernel install, it gives me a:
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew, it will be ignored in a future release

And, same thing as I've updated VirtualBox, I have to modprobe the new module, but it gives me:
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew, it will be ignored in a future release.

And, maybe my English sucks, but I really don't understand that sentence :-)

-beside, a uname -r gives me
3.0-ARCH
Shouldn't I be with the 3.1 kernel?

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SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

Posts: 1,928

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Re: What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

I've just updated today, with the linux 3.1 kernel.

Congrats

Pacman gave me an output for module-init-tools :
warning: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf installed as /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew
Ok, I guess.

You guessed right.

But then,during the kernel install, it gives me a:
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew, it will be ignored in a future release

You have to merge the new contents of the pacnew file into your older conf file manually.

-beside, a uname -r gives me
3.0-ARCH
Shouldn't I be with the 3.1 kernel?

Did you reboot?

Last edited by SanskritFritz (2011-11-11 12:49:03)

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swanson

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2011-02-05

Posts: 759

Re: What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

My ..conf.pacnew was empty so I erased it. I think modprobe just reacts to the suffix .pacnew, but it's a good reminder.

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

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Re: What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

Exactly.

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haiku

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From: Chambery, France

Registered: 2011-01-28

Posts: 19

Re: What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

Thanks guys, all is well.

the .conf.pacnew was empty so I erased it too, and it worked.

Out of curiosity, was there an announcement that I missed about it?
Last time I had to manually edit a file after an update was with the initscripts update, as in with this announcement:
http://www.archlinux.org/news/initscrip … -required/

Oh, and yeah: I didn't reboot, hence the old kernel - shame on me to even ask ;-)
(well, I specifically didn't reboot before I was sure about the modprobe.conf issue, but then got carried away when writing the post...)

Thanks again, have a nice week-end!

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

Guys, you need to deal with all the pacnew files, there won't be any special announcements apart from the pacman output.

The /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew may be empty but other .pacnew files may bring important changes.

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

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Re: What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

I recommend using pacmatic, nice tool.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: What does "WARNING: All config files need .conf" mean?

I recommend using pacmatic, nice tool.

Some more info and tools: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/En … orig_Files