RE: Small issues, but still annoying

From: Eric van der Paardt (evdp_at_bishopfixtures.com)
Date: 05/25/05

  • Next message: Adam Funk: "Re: No sound (no /dev/dsp) on newly installed 2.6.8-2-386 with Intel 82801."
    Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:40:00 -0500
    To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
    
    

    > Each time my kernel boots, I see flashing on my screen for a sec the
    > word "FATAL" followed (on a seperate line) by kernel modules' names. I
    > am not sure what the FATAL error message is as it goes out of my
    screen
    > way too fast.
    >
    > I tried a few log files in /var/log such as dmesg, messages, syslog,
    > kern.log, but nothing in there that resembles what I see at boot time.
    >
    > Another issue is this line in syslog :
    > May 22 21:12:39 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install
    > command for sound_slot_1
    >
    I see this all the time, from hotplug/discover attempting to load some
    different hardware. It is annoying but harmless.

    If you want to take the time to proose your bootup and write down the
    module names. (you can use ctrl-s to stop the boot, shift-{page up,page
    down} to scroll, and use ctrl-p to resume the boot).

    You can then add these to /etc/discover.conf as skips ('skip
    modulename'). Word of caution, skip the wrong thing and something is
    not going to work.

    There is also /etc/hotplug/blacklist file that is a list of modules the
    hotplug will not load.

    Between the two files you *should* be able to rid yourself of some
    harmless bootup errors.

    E


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