pacman -Syu and modprobe, lsmod and devmod gone

nornn · 2003-12-19 16:47:08

Hello.

I upgraded my arch box with pacman -Syu but I came up with errors because of scrollkeeper so I used pacman -Sf scrollkeeper and then updated again with pacman -Su in /var/cache/pkg directory. My problem is my network does not start because there is no longer the /sbin/modprobe or lsmod to load modules when my computer is booting up and I have tried rerunning lilo -v for my new kernel but I am still without modprobe and lsmod.

tsykoduk · 2003-12-19 18:32:56

I ran into that as well - late late last nite. As a quick fix, I went into the package cache directory (as I recall it is /src/cache/pacman/pkg??) and did a pacman -R on the new mod package (dannammit, at work, no linux here, no arch here, no can remember) and then did a pacman -A modutils<res of package name>

That seemed to work for me - a total kludge, but intil I have time to putz around with it, it got me back online 8)

Xentac · 2003-12-19 21:12:25

You're the first person who's run into any problems with it.

After you get your system into an up-to-date state, can you try installing module-init-tools again?

nornn · 2003-12-19 21:29:17

Hello.

I had already tried using pacman -U mod-utils in the /var/cache/pkg/ to see if I could reenable the modprobe and other tools. I have also tried pacman -S core-utils also but it seems I still get the same error with /sbin/modprobe. I cannot run lsmod, depmod because they are no longer in my /sbin folder. I have a ibm 300gl test box with a stock configuration except for a promise controller that I have a windows hard disk attached to. I have been looking through the forums to see if there has been a similar case. I ran pacman -Syu and it failed because of scrollkeeper, which I installed seperately with pacman -Sf and then pacman -Su in /var/cache/pkg which updated all my installed packages. However upon rebooting I saw that my networking would not start and I get an error about /sbin/modprobe ethernet. I would send the /var/log/kernel and /var/log/message with but the computer has no network connection and I cannot lsmod my ethernet e100 module.

tsykoduk · 2003-12-19 22:16:17

I have no doubt that it is totally my fault - I had tried to install it by hand a while ago, and baaaad things happened. I need to blow it away and let pacman re-set everything up. I am probally gonna wait until the package for 2.6 comes out...I will let you know what I find when I do... but I do not think that I am the normal case. I fully accept my breaking of things 8)

gumbo · 2003-12-20 14:11:42

The package for 2.6 is module-init-tools, and is available already. I upgraded last night from the version that was in /incoming, and it worked fine. My sysinit scripts were screwed up, but that's another issue.

nornn · 2003-12-20 17:14:52

I would upgrade my mod-utils as xentac says if I could get my network running, but I would appreciate some advice as how to get my system back to a working state so that I could update mod-utils. In regards to tsyckoduk´s last post I am not sure what you are exactly talking about "that you are totally to blame..."? Are you refering to using pacman -Syu? I would not consider someone using the command pacman -Syu as reason to blame yourself if you were just upgrading packages that come from the defacto repositories.

Xentac · 2003-12-20 18:12:47

Woah... back the blame truck up.

tsykoduk is talking about himself. He screwed things up too.

If the package was downloaded (which it should have been) it will be stored in /var/cache/pacman/pkg. Do in there and 'pacman -U' it. The one you're looking for is module-init-tools.

nornn · 2003-12-20 19:52:07

I think my last letter was misunderstood in that I do not blame anybody for what happened; it was I just did not understand what tsykoduk was refering to in his reply. I understand that arch linux is a hobbyist linux and I do not expect everything to work perfectly. I appreciate all the input and replies that I have received from this forum and hope that it continues to be the cordial place that it is to communicate with others who are interested in this distribution.

tsykoduk · 2003-12-21 18:17:13

I was trying to say that I had tried to install the new kernel a while ago by hand. Now, you see, I am a Network geek. I can compile most things by hand and install things, but some bad things happened when I tried to get the new kernel running (that I compliled and installed by hand). I had mess with some stuff to get things working again, so I do not have a 'stock' AL system anymore. I was just trying to help you by telling you what I did when the new module tools puke on my system.

Anyways..

tsykoduk · 2003-12-21 18:46:58

Update...

pacman -Sf module-init-tools
pacman -S kernel26

some editing of grub, ran generate-modprobe.conf >/etc/modprobe.conf

added the devpts line to fstab

rebooted.

Nvida drivers gone (I expected this, I already read the how to at minion.de) - alsa works, x works, and hooboy it's fast.

Good job guys! 8)

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#1 2003-12-19 16:47:08

pacman -Syu and modprobe, lsmod and devmod gone

#2 2003-12-19 18:32:56

Re: pacman -Syu and modprobe, lsmod and devmod gone

#3 2003-12-19 21:12:25

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#4 2003-12-19 21:29:17

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#5 2003-12-19 22:16:17

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#6 2003-12-20 14:11:42

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#7 2003-12-20 17:14:52

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#8 2003-12-20 18:12:47

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#9 2003-12-20 19:52:07

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#10 2003-12-21 18:17:13

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#11 2003-12-21 18:46:58

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