Re: [gentoo-user] New install, can't load modules

[Alan McKinnon]

On 13/07/2015 18:42, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Did a new install, the new kernel can't load modules:
>>
>> # modprobe nfsv3
>> modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nfsv3': Exec format error
>>
>> Odd. Never had this before. The module file itself is a regular 64-bit
>> ELF file, just as it should be (compared to a working module on another
>> machine)
>>
>> gcc is 4.8.4 as supplied by a recent stage3-amd64-20150709.tar.bz2:
>> # gcc -v
>> Using built-in specs.
>> COLLECT_GCC=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.8.4/gcc
>> COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.4/lto-wrapper
>> Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>> Configured with:
>> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.8.4/work/gcc-4.8.4/configure
>> --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr
>> --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.8.4
>> --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.4/include
>> --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.4
>> --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.4/man
>> --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.4/info
>> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.4/include/g++-v4
>> --with-python-dir=/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.4/python
>> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-obsolete --enable-secureplt
>> --disable-werror --with-system-zlib --enable-nls
>> --without-included-gettext --enable-checking=release
>> --with-bugurl=https://bugs.gentoo.org/ --with-pkgversion='Gentoo 4.8.4
>> p1.6, pie-0.6.1' --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-shared
>> --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
>> --enable-multilib --with-multilib-list=m32,m64 --disable-altivec
>> --disable-fixed-point --enable-targets=all --disable-libgcj
>> --enable-libgomp --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --enable-lto
>> --without-cloog --enable-libsanitizer
>> Thread model: posix
>> gcc version 4.8.4 (Gentoo 4.8.4 p1.6, pie-0.6.1)
>>
>> make.conf seems correct:
>> CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
>> CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
>> CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
>> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"
>>
>> The kernel loads and runs OK:
>> # uname -a
>> Linux download 4.1.2-gentoo #1 SMP Mon Jul 13 13:28:40 SAST 2015 x86_64
>> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>>
>> and the kernel was built with gcc auto-detection:
>> # grep NATIVE /boot/config-4.1.2-gentoo
>> CONFIG_MNATIVE=y
>>
>> and the .config was grabbed from a working machine with very similar
>> hardware (one minor hardware upgrade ahead)
>>
>> I haven't done a full world update yet, most code is still what's in the
>> stage3, but always in the past that hasn't been a problem; the stage
>> must successfully build a kernel and load the modules.
>>
>> Module loading works just fine when booted from the Gentoo minimal
>> install image.
>>
>> So, what dumbass n00b error did I make today?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan McKinnon
>> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
>>
>>
>
> Does 'modprobe -nv' say anything useful?
>
> Anything of interest in '/var/log/dmesg'?
>




I hang my head in shame (and not for the first time either....)

/boot in fstab had option "noauto", so all my kernels were installed to
the / volume.

The real /boot volume had a valid kernel on it, from the initial install
with the minimal CD, and the .config was made with localyesconfig. It
was a perfectly valid working kernel, that just happened to NOT match
/lib/modules anymore....

Fixing fstab, a few "make install && make modules_install" lus a
grub-install just for fun fixed the whole lot.

Sorry for the noise....



-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com