[gentoo-user] modules.devname not found...

[gentoo-user] modules.devname not found...

[Jarry]

Hi Gentoo-users,
I just installed Gentoo on one more system and everything
seems to be OK except for one strange boot-up message
between "Mounting /dev/shm" and "Mounting /sys":
________
* Creating list of required static device nodes for the current kernel...
Warning: /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname not found - ignor
________

What does it mean and how can I get rid of it?

Strange is, I do not have this message on any other system
(and I installed them the same way). All are updated, using
the same kernel. None of them is using modules, none of them
has /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname and none
of them complains. Except this new one...

Jarry

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Re: [gentoo-user] modules.devname not found...

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:25:15 +0200, Jarry wrote:

> ________
> * Creating list of required static device nodes for the current
> kernel... Warning: /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname not
> found - ignor ________
> 
> What does it mean and how can I get rid of it?

By creating the missing file :)

> Strange is, I do not have this message on any other system
> (and I installed them the same way). All are updated, using
> the same kernel. None of them is using modules, none of them
> has /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname and none
> of them complains. Except this new one...

/lib/modules/${uname -r)/modules.devname is created by depmod -a.


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Re: [gentoo-user] modules.devname not found...

[Samuli Suominen]

On 29/07/14 20:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:25:15 +0200, Jarry wrote:
>
>> ________
>> * Creating list of required static device nodes for the current
>> kernel... Warning: /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname not
>> found - ignor ________
>>
>> What does it mean and how can I get rid of it?
> By creating the missing file :)
>
>> Strange is, I do not have this message on any other system
>> (and I installed them the same way). All are updated, using
>> the same kernel. None of them is using modules, none of them
>> has /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname and none
>> of them complains. Except this new one...
> /lib/modules/${uname -r)/modules.devname is created by depmod -a.
>
>

Right, and if he is using monolitic kernel with CONFIG_MODULES=n in
kernel /usr/src/linux/.config,
with no modules at all, then he should remove 'kmod-static-nodes' init
script from the runlevels
to silence the warning
That is, if that's really true, otherwise use `depmod -a`

- Samuli

Re: [gentoo-user] modules.devname not found...

[Jarry]

On 29-Jul-14 19:25, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> On 29/07/14 20:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:25:15 +0200, Jarry wrote:
>>> ________
>>> * Creating list of required static device nodes for the current
>>> kernel... Warning: /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname not
>>> found - ignor ________
>>>
>>> What does it mean and how can I get rid of it?
>> By creating the missing file :)
>
> Right, and if he is using monolitic kernel with CONFIG_MODULES=n in
> kernel /usr/src/linux/.config,
> with no modules at all, then he should remove 'kmod-static-nodes' init
> script from the runlevels to silence the warning
> That is, if that's really true, otherwise use `depmod -a`

That's the right solution! I'm absolutely sure I never disabled
kmod-static-nodes on other system, but it is not started there.
But on this freshly installed system, kmod-static-nodes is started
at sysinit. I removed it, and that message is gone. Thanks!

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