*- On 9 Oct, Jim wrote about "modules in use" > Hi, is there any way to tell exactly what process, etc. may be using a > particular module? > > I keep seeing these messages in /var/log/messages: > > kernel: smb_retry: signal failed, error=-3 > kernel: smb_retry: signal failed, error=-3 >
These usually result when a smb shared resource on a machine that you had mounted has died or stopped responding. Thus the kernel keeps trying to check the connection. > AFAIK this has only been occuring since I went to kernel 2.2.12 (from > 2.0.38). Everything seems to be working fine. However, the smbfs module > claims to be in use, and I can't figure out by what. I do not have any > smb volumes mounted at all. > Compare the contents of the mount command, /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts. If /proc/mounts shows a mount and the mount command which reads /etc/mtab does not then try to just umount the mount point. If /proc/mounts show nothing and mount and /etc/mtab do show a mount then I have had luck editing the /etc/mtab(yes I know this is a no, no). > /sbin/lsmod > Module Size Used by > ppp 19416 2 (autoclean) > slhc 4128 1 (autoclean) [ppp] > ipx 12488 1 > smbfs 24432 1 > > (Actually I'm not using IPX either, and it's loaded... although it's not > generating any errors.) > > How do I find out what, specifically, is using these modules? > Sorry, I had a similiar problem and could not find the answer either. Maybe someone else will know. You would think that this is kept somewhere in a human readable form. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
