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But that begs the question of why my initrd is correct but my |
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/lib/modules/4.19.72-gentoo isn't ... |
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I'll look into it tomorrow... |
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On 12/11/19 22:56, n952162 wrote: |
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> On 12/11/19 17:47, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:55:48 +0100, n952162 wrote: |
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>>> I've made a new recognition about this issue. If I move |
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>>> /lib/modules/4.19.72-gentoo to a saved/ subdirectory, and otherwise have |
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>>> NO modules directory, I don't have this problem. When I move the modules |
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>>> directory back into place, the problem returns. |
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>>> I'm not understanding how the system can run without a modules |
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>>> directory. |
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>> As long as everything your system *needs* to run is built into the |
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>> kernel, this will work, but things will fail when modules are needed. |
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>>> As an example, I looked at a module that was easy to spell, fuse.ko, ;-) |
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>>> and looked where else on the system it exists, and found a copy in |
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>>> /usr/src. The files have the same file(1) response (both non-stripped, |
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>>> with the same build id), but different lengths. I didn't see anything |
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>>> in /var/log like, "falling back to /usr/src/..." |
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>> When you run make in /usr/src/linux, the modules are built there. When |
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>> you run "make modules_install", they are copied to /lib/modules/version/ |
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>> The kernel only look in /lib/modules/version |
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>>> When the modules directory is present (/lib/modules/4.19.72-gentoo/), I |
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>>> have a lot more problems than just the power problem. For example, X |
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>>> comes up but eventually locks up. With NO modules subdirectory, X works |
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>>> okay. |
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>> So you have a misbehaving module, or faulty hardware that uses a module. |
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>> All you need to do now is work out which one it is ;-) |
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> Okay, I guess I understand now ... |
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> # mount | grep /dev/sda |
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> ... |
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> /dev/sda3 on /tmp type *ext4* (rw,relatime) |
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> # lsmod | grep ext4 |
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> *ext4* 720896 4 |
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> # gzip -cd < /proc/config.gz | grep -i ext4 |
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> CONFIG_EXT4_FS=*m* |
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> ... |
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> # xz -dc < /boot/*initramfs*-genkernel-x86_64-4.19.72-gentoo | cpio |
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> -ivt | grep -i ext4 |
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> ... |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1392337 Dec 10 20:58 |
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> lib/modules/4.19.72-gentoo/kernel/fs/ext4/*ext4.ko* |
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> ... |
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