On 23 April 2015 00:43:53 CEST, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 04/22/2015 12:45 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:17 PM, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> What mystifies me is how those three kernel modules managed to get >>> loaded while all the others didn't. (It's the same three modules >every >>> time, BTW.) >>> >>> I grepped through /etc for the names of those modules, thinking >maybe >>> I listed them in modprobe.conf.d sometime in the past, but no, those >>> modules are not listed anywhere in /etc, nor are any of the others >>> listed either. >> >> Try grepping /lib/udev for the names of those modules. > >Thanks Rich and Canek (and a big kiss to Volker, too) for your replies. > >I just spotted this question about a warning that I'm now seeing from >my "bad" machine, but sadly there are no replies: > >https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-996544-start-0.html > >The lesson seems to be that "big" updates are risky, and I should stop >wasting my time on this particular big update and start from a newer >version of amd64.
Maybe. There are people on this list who succesfully update servers every few years... Do you get that error also after loading all the modules by hand? >I was startled just now by a comment my from my wife: "I can't believe >how much time you've wasted on your silly linux. That computer is too >old to run linux -- you should just throw it out and buy a new one." Makes me wonder about 2 things: 1) How old is that machine? 2) What does your wife do for a living? >Guys, listen up: when your wife suddenly advises you to treat yourself >to a new toy -- be afraid -- be very afraid. I'm afraid she's about to >say something else that will postpone my upcoming retirement for a long >time :( What would she say that would postpone your retirement? If my wife tells me to buy a new toy, I would go out and get one. She can't really complain if I do what she tells me.... :) -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
