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Crunchbang

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Registered: 2024-04-25

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Contents of /etc/modprobe.d gets deleted. [Solved]

Added a rule for one of my modules in /etc/modprobe.d.   Later realized it was gone.    Thought maybe I was crazy so I recreated the rule and went about my way.    Only to find later that it was again missing.   

But am I crazy tho?   Is this normal ?

Last edited by Crunchbang (2024-08-02 02:29:58)

zbygv

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Re: Contents of /etc/modprobe.d gets deleted. [Solved]

How are you adding the rule, or is there a chance that it's a permissions issue? It is a bit unusual at the very least; I wouldn't say you're crazy, but you might be missing something.

Last edited by zbygv (2024-08-01 20:44:12)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Contents of /etc/modprobe.d gets deleted. [Solved]

Is "later" after a reboot? Aggressive tmpfs or do you use some sync daemon? Are you missing other files?

findmnt -T /etc/modprobe.d

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Crunchbang

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Re: Contents of /etc/modprobe.d gets deleted. [Solved]

Is "later" after a reboot? Aggressive tmpfs or do you use some sync daemon? Are you missing other files?

findmnt -T /etc/modprobe.d

/etc/modprobe.d is empty. 

I created a file:
/etc/modprobe.d/99-xpadneo-bluetooth.conf

options hid_xpadneo disable_deadzones=1 trigger_rumble_mode=0 rumble_attenuation=0,50 disable_shift_mode=1

@ Seth - will post the output this evening when I’m home. As far as I’m aware tho /etc/modprobe.d is a normal directory.

I havnt narrowed down exactly when it happens.   Not reboot tho.   Maybe DKMS ?

Last edited by Crunchbang (2024-08-01 21:19:01)

seth

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Re: Contents of /etc/modprobe.d gets deleted. [Solved]

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/ … o-dkms#n30
99-xpadneo-bluetooth.conf shows up in that patch and https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo/bl … _remove#L6 deletes that file.
Do you lose other files in that path?

sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/foobar.snafu

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Crunchbang

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Re: Contents of /etc/modprobe.d gets deleted. [Solved]

Ah i bet youre right!   good catch!    Checked pacman logs to find last upgrade was on 7/28.   Dropped a test file in there as instructed and renamed needed config file to something unique..  Time will tell.   As i have a good feeling this is solved I will mark as such until proven wrong.    Thanks all!