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leboulec

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Registered: 2017-03-22

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[SOLVED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.after TLP installation

Hi,
I switched from laptop-mode-tool to TLP yesterday, I did a systemd update and today when I booted my system I had errors on boot log.
First thing that surprised me is that I set the quiet parameter yet I had boot log.
I can't find the boot log, /var/log/boot.log contain an old log.
The error was:

Failed to start load kernel module

Plus, I had an error with rfkill (I'll write it down soon, I didn't had the time to see it)

The output of systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service is:

● 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 Fri 2017-08-18 11:55:37 CEST; 37min ago
     Docs: man:systemd-modules-load.service(8)
           man:modules-load.d(5)
  Process: 480 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 480 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules...
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd-modules-load[480]: libkmod: kmod_config_parse: /etc/modprobe.d/audio_powersave.conf line 1: ignoring bad line starting with '
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd-modules-load[480]: Inserted module 'acpi_cpufreq'
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd-modules-load[480]: Failed to insert 'tp_smapi': No such device or address
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

The output of journalctl -u systemd-modules-load is:

-- Reboot --
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd-modules-load[159]: libkmod: kmod_config_parse: /etc/modprobe.d/audio_powersave.conf line 1: ignoring bad line starting with '
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd-modules-load[159]: Inserted module 'acpi_cpufreq'
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd-modules-load[159]: Inserted module 'acpi_call'
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules...
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd-modules-load[480]: libkmod: kmod_config_parse: /etc/modprobe.d/audio_powersave.conf line 1: ignoring bad line starting with '
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd-modules-load[480]: Inserted module 'acpi_cpufreq'
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd-modules-load[480]: Failed to insert 'tp_smapi': No such device or address
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 18 11:55:37 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

I've seen nothing unusual with dmesg.

Now compiz doesn't work anymore, and  firefox nightly is buggy

Last edited by leboulec (2017-08-18 15:12:57)

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.after TLP installation

First thing that surprised me is that I set the quiet parameter yet I had boot log.

You'll see boot messages even with 'quiet' boot flag in case there are errors.

-- Reboot --
Aug 18 11:55:31 reddot systemd-modules-load[159]: libkmod: kmod_config_parse: /etc/modprobe.d/audio_powersave.conf line 1: ignoring bad line starting with '

And there's your error. Fix your /etc/modprobe.d/audio_powersave.conf

leboulec

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Registered: 2017-03-22

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.after TLP installation

I deleted the file (it contained only the path of the file itself) but it didn't work. Now the output of journalctl -u systemd-modules-load is:

-- Reboot --
Aug 18 16:05:05 reddot systemd-modules-load[165]: Inserted module 'acpi_cpufreq'
Aug 18 16:05:05 reddot systemd-modules-load[165]: Inserted module 'acpi_call'
Aug 18 16:05:05 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 18 16:05:05 reddot systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
Aug 18 16:05:05 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 18 16:05:05 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 18 16:05:11 reddot systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules...
Aug 18 16:05:12 reddot systemd-modules-load[478]: Inserted module 'acpi_cpufreq'
Aug 18 16:05:12 reddot systemd-modules-load[478]: Failed to insert 'tp_smapi': No such device or address
Aug 18 16:05:12 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 18 16:05:12 reddot systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
Aug 18 16:05:12 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 18 16:05:12 reddot systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,318

Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.after TLP installation

What is the output of the following please

$ uname -a
$ pacman -Qs acpi_call
$ pacman -Qs tp_smapi
$ pacman -Qo /boot

Edit:
changed acpi to acpi_call and added tp_smapi

Last edited by loqs (2017-08-18 15:03:26)

leboulec

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Registered: 2017-03-22

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.after TLP installation

Ok I figured it out, tp_smapi was installed but not compatible with my Thinkpad t460. But I have still problems with compiz and something something rfkill

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.after TLP installation

But I have still problems with compiz and something something rfkill

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.after TLP installation

Read the TLP wiki page, it addresses the rfkill problem.