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Package: modutils
Version: 2.4.10-4
Severity: normal
Whereas modutils.postinst creates practically empty /etc/modules file,
Whereas previous debian 2.2 kernel was compiled with most fundamental
components as a part of kernel and choice of modules to put was very
obvious one by its hardware,
Whereas new debian 2.4 kernels are rightfully compiled with as much
modules as possible using initrd scheme,
This combined situation require sysadmin to manually add some esoteric
modules such as isa-pnp and yenta_socket to the list in the /etc/modules
to maintain basic functionality such as network connectivity upon
upgrade from 2.2 to 2.4. (My experience, I see many people upgrade
kernel by compiling them by themselves. Fortunately, PCMCIA NIC are
auto-detected as you might expect.)
Similar situation is expected for any SCSI disk or USB disk as root
partition, I suppose.
Anticipated transition from potato to woody will cause more people to
upgrade from 2.2 to 2.4. This pain of kernel switch is best abated by
having slightly helpful information in the /etc/modules. By looking at
postinst script it shall be an easy job.
Of course, if there is an easy auto hardware detection and configuration
tool for the kernel modules, that may be a way but I am ignorant :-(
Please change postinst script to make /etc/module more verbose.
Of course, if you can persuade kernel-package maintainer to add more
warning upon install may also help but having them in /etc/modules makes
big difference. It could be long commented out text with examples. If
there is a current configuration on the old modules file, just append
the old file to this new template.
I attach my /etc/modules in note-PC as a reference for PCMCIA case:
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# PCMCIA basic (in order)
isa-pnp
yenta_socket
# net/ipv-4
ip_gre
ipip
# net/ipv-4/netfilter
# iptable (in order)
ip_tables
ip_conntrack
ip_conntrack_ftp
iptable_nat
iptable_filter
iptable_mangle
#
ip_nat_ftp
ip_queue
#
ipt_LOG
ipt_MARK
ipt_MASQUERADE
ipt_MIRROR
ipt_REDIRECT
ipt_REJECT
ipt_TCPMSS
ipt_TOS
ipt_limit
ipt_mac
ipt_mark
ipt_multiport
ipt_owner
ipt_state
ipt_tcpmss
ipt_tos
ipt_unclean
#
ipchains
ipfwadm
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux C241983-A 2.4.12-386 #2 Sat Oct 13 20:09:23 EST 2001 i486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages modutils depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.4-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii sysvinit 2.83-1 System-V like init.
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This package has been removed from Debian unstable. I'm therefore
closing this bug report. The package has been removed because it
has been replaced by module-init-tools. modutils was for 2.4 kernels
only. It's quite unlikely that your bug still exists in
module-init-tools, but please let me know if it does.
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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