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#1 2015-06-13 04:38:03

eera5607
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Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

Hi everyone.

I'm recently having some issues with some console apps. It takes ~45-60 seconds to Midnight Commander to start and ~60 seconds to w3m to load simple websites like google.com. X Server is working fine. I mean, applications with graphical interface are working right. The issues are with console apps as I said. Not all console apps load slowly, htop, for example, is working all right.

I'm not sure if this is related but I'm also getting this message at the system startup:

[FAILED]Failed to start Load Kernel Modules
See "systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service" for details.
[      5.994847] system[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.

systemctl status system-modules-load.service:

● systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-modules-load.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since vie 2015-06-12 23:08:53 CDT; 14min ago
     Docs: man:systemd-modules-load.service(8)
           man:modules-load.d(5)
  Process: 131 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 131 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable.

I can't find any sign of bad activity in htop. Also, system updates (pacman -Syu) run very very slow or do not complete at all. Last days, I'm having to delete the "lock file" in order to use pacman (/var/lib/pacman/). I'm a newbie and I don't know what can it be or what else can do. It all starts to happen when I did almost all recommended in the articles:

System maintenance and  Improving database access speeds

Also installed wget.

Finally this message started to appear whe I shutdown my laptop:

A stop job is running for Network Time Synchronization (9s/1min 31s)

Thank you very much for your help.

Other info:

$ systemctl --failed
  UNIT                         LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION
● systemd-modules-load.service loaded failed failed Load Kernel Modules

$ journalctl -p 0..3 -xn
-- Logs begin at sáb 2015-06-06 13:17:20 CDT, end at vie 2015-06-12 23:44:14 CDT
jun 12 23:08:53 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[131]: Failed to find module '
jun 12 23:08:53 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[131]: Failed to find module '
jun 12 23:08:53 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[131]: Failed to find module '
-- Reboot --
jun 12 23:34:59 ToshibaSP5816 kernel: ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 kernel: ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module '
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module '
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module '
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module '

-- Logs begin at sáb 2015-06-06 13:17:20 CDT, end at vie 2015-06-12 23:44:14 CDT. --
jun 12 23:08:53 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[131]: Failed to find module 'vboxnetflt'
jun 12 23:08:53 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[131]: Failed to find module 'vboxnetadp'
jun 12 23:08:53 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[131]: Failed to find module 'vboxpci'
-- Reboot --
jun 12 23:34:59 ToshibaSP5816 kernel: ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 kernel: ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module 'vboxdrv'
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module 'vboxnetflt'
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module 'vboxnetadp'
jun 12 23:35:03 ToshibaSP5816 systemd-modules-load[126]: Failed to find module 'vboxpci'

Last edited by eera5607 (2015-06-13 04:52:45)

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#2 2015-06-13 05:32:54

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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

Let's start with a sanity check.  What are the output of uname -a and of pacman -Qi linux   ?


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#3 2015-06-13 05:48:01

eera5607
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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

uname -a:

Linux ToshibaSP5816 4.0.4-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 22 03:05:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

pacman -Qi linux:

Name           : linux
Version        : 4.0.4-2
Description    : The Linux kernel and modules
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : http://www.kernel.org/
Licenses       : GPL2
Groups         : base
Provides       : kernel26=4.0.4
Depends On     : coreutils  linux-firmware  kmod  mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps  : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By    : None
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : kernel26
Replaces       : kernel26
Installed Size :  73.08 MiB
Packager       : Evangelos Foutras <evangelos@foutrelis.com>
Build Date     : Thu May 21 22:06:36 2015
Install Date   : Sat Jun 6 13:04:58 2015
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By   : Signature

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#4 2015-06-13 05:51:56

Scimmia
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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

That looks fine. Do you have the virtualbox modules installed? Maybe you uninstalled them but didn't remove the modules-load.d entry?

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#5 2015-06-13 06:07:31

eera5607
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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

Scimmia wrote:

That looks fine. Do you have the virtualbox modules installed? Maybe you uninstalled them but didn't remove the modules-load.d entry?

Thanks. Yes, I installed virtualbox, then I decided to remove it. I looked into this three directories:

/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf (there is a file virtualbox.conf but I'm not sure if it is ok to delete it or only comment the content)

/run/modules-load.d/*.conf (does not exist)

/usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf (Nothing in this folder)

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#6 2015-06-13 06:14:49

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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

Ok I commented the content of that file and the "Failed to start Load Kernel Modules" error is gone. Now "systemctl status system-modules-load.service" is clean. The issue with some console applications continues. I think it was not related to that error. mc is loading 1 minute after I write the command and websites are loading very very slow in w3m.

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#7 2015-06-13 06:15:59

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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

I'm assuming you created that file based on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … el_modules ?

If you created it, you can remove it.

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#8 2015-06-13 06:39:32

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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

Scimmia wrote:

I'm assuming you created that file based on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … el_modules ?

If you created it, you can remove it.

Ok. I removed it and did a "sudo reboot"  and after that, mc loaded in less that a second. Then I closed it and when I tried to start it again, it took 40 seconds to load. w3m isn't working neither.

Last edited by eera5607 (2015-06-13 06:40:19)

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#9 2015-06-13 06:43:51

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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

check the journal, see if there are any clues in there.

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#10 2015-06-13 19:15:44

eera5607
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Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

I fell sleep reading the journal. Then, I re-started the system and it seems like the issue with the console apps is also gone. Finally, I did a system update (-Syu) and it was completed in a few seconds. Before erasing the file it never completed the first step. mc is loading fine and w3m is loading websites as always.
This message still showing when I shutdown my laptop:

A stop job is running for Network Time Synchronization (9s/1min 31s)

I think it could be related to the only anormal thing that I could find in the journal: MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC

Thank you very much for your help.

Note: Sorry I forgot to mention that also removed wget and commented the corresponding lines in pacman.conf. I needed it to do system updates and install packages via proxy. I'll try again later with a different approach in case it was the source of problems.

Last edited by eera5607 (2015-06-13 19:20:24)

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