On 5/30/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 5/30/07, Isamar Maia <isamar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2007/5/31, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On 5/30/07, Isamar Maia <isamar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am running FC6 with kernel 2.6.8-1.2798.fc6 > > > > Is that a typo? FC6 was released with kernel-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6. > > sorry. I meant 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6. > I got that from a "theorically" official DVD that I got from a local book store. > You can easily find references here: > http://www.google.com/search?hl=ja&q=2.6.18-1.2798.fc6&btnG=%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&lr= > > > > > > > Everytime I run "modprobe" to load any driver, the file modules.dep is reset. > > > So, everytime I need to rerun "depmod -a" to rebuild it. > > > > > > Anyone knows how to solve that? > > > Didn't find any update for module-init-tools > > > > Did you do a "yum update"? Do you have the update repository enabled? > > > Yes. But no update available. My module-init-tools version is 3.3-0.pre1.4.17 That is the latest version of module-init-tools. > If you need, I can send a strace of modprobe sending "modules.dep" to > the hell... > > Any thoughts? Unless you have hardware/system issues you should not be using a pre-release kernel. Update your kernel. > Isamar
I forgot to add: Subsequent updates to FC6 have created a bug where some drivers no longer load during the boot process. If you need to reload your drivers append the modprobe command(s) to /etc/rc.local.
