I get an error message when starting, Modprobe:Fatal:could not load
I am a novice and I'm not sure what a Modprobe is however I do think that it could be something that might be helpful if it were to load? Please give me some kind of direction if possible.
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modprobe is used to load and unload kernel modules.
Dean-com-pac (dean-com-pac) said : | #2 |
The message I get is as follows: Modprobe:
This is my first linux based operating system and I guess my question is do I need to do something about this issue or do I just let it be? If I need to correct this then how would I go about this? If I don't need to then what effect will this have on Ubuntu.
mycae (mycae) said : | #3 |
modules.dep should not be a kernel module at all; it sounds like your /etc/modprobe.
can you provide the output of (in a terminal, CTRL+ALT+T, or from applications menu) these commands -- you can cut and paste them if need be
cd /etc/modprobe.d/
grep modules.dep *
Dean-com-pac (dean-com-pac) said : | #4 |
Thanks! I'll just let it be.
Scott Allen (signal) said : | #5 |
I'm getting the same error after a minimal 10.10 Maverick install.
There are no results from:
grep modules.dep /etc/modprobe.d/*
Contents of /etc/modprobe.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 325 2010-10-01 08:33 blacklist-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1603 2010-10-01 08:33 blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 2010-10-01 08:33 blacklist-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 660 2010-10-01 08:33 blacklist-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077 2010-10-01 08:33 blacklist-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29 2010-10-01 08:33 intel-5300-
If you boot to root recovery mode and run:
depmod -a; reboot
Should be ok
@Scott
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