Bug#809832: base: fails to inser modules ext2 or ext3
Thanks Santiago, I'll check this on a new debian 7 installation with all updates installed and let you know the result. This will be in a few weeks. BR Mario Pereyra SecureTech A&M +598 2900-6836 Tel +598 2900-7526 Tel/Fax b...@securetech.com.uy Wilson F. Aldunate 1294 Of. 302 Montevideo CP 11100 - Uruguay www.securetech.com.uy On 15/09/16 09:59, Santiago Vila wrote: On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 09:05:52AM -0300, Mario Pereyra wrote: The file "/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko" is present (exist) in the file system and is a module file (as you can see in insmod command). If the file does not exist, the response from insmod command is other (Error: could not load module ...: No such file or directory). But in this case this message is not present, otherwise the message is from libkmod and is stating it is failing to inset the module. As you say, the message is stating (and I understand it correctly) that the file is not in the file system, but that is not true. I can't reproduce what you reported in a newly installed Debian 7 system. # modprobe -vv ext2 insmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko libkmod: INFO ../libkmod/libkmod.c:319 kmod_unref: context 0x7f713d6d51d0 released Can you reproduce it in a newly installed Debian 7 system? My guess is that the file is there but it's corrupted for whatever reason, and that's why insmod can't load the module (I can agree that the error message may be a little bit misleading). You can check this easily: # apt-get install debsums # debsums linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 | grep ext2 and it should say this: /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko OK If it says this instead: /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko FAILED then you should definitely reinstall the package containing ext2.ko: # dpkg -S /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64: /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko # apt-get --reinstall install linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 If reinstalling linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 does not solve the problem, please try asking in debian-user, I'm just a random Debian maintainer who happened to take a look at bugs reported against "base". Thanks.
Bug#809832: base: fails to inser modules ext2 or ext3
Package: base Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software # LANG=C mount -o ro /dev/sdc1 /mnt/disk/ mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2' # modprobe -vv ext2 insmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko libkmod: INFO ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:829 kmod_module_insert_module: Failed to insert module '/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko': No such file or directory ERROR: could not insert 'ext2': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) libkmod: INFO ../libkmod/libkmod.c:319 kmod_unref: context 0x7fa6136ae210 released /var/log/kern.log: Jan 4 11:19:50 dbdev kernel: [1561590.271996] ext2: Unknown symbol __bread_gfp (err 0) Jan 4 11:19:50 dbdev kernel: [1561590.272039] ext2: Unknown symbol __getblk_gfp (err 0) -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.9 APT prefers oldstable-updates APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=es_UY.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_UY.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Bug#809831: ext2 and ext3 modules: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'ext2': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
Package: base Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software The same probles for insert ext2 or ext3 module. # LANG=C mount -o ro /dev/sdc1 /mnt/disk/ mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2' # modprobe -vv ext2 insmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko libkmod: INFO ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:829 kmod_module_insert_module: Failed to insert module '/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko': No such file or directory ERROR: could not insert 'ext2': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) libkmod: INFO ../libkmod/libkmod.c:319 kmod_unref: context 0x7fa6136ae210 released /var/log/kern.log: Jan 4 11:19:50 dbdev kernel: [1561590.271996] ext2: Unknown symbol __bread_gfp (err 0) Jan 4 11:19:50 dbdev kernel: [1561590.272039] ext2: Unknown symbol __getblk_gfp (err 0) -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.9 APT prefers oldstable-updates APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=es_UY.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_UY.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash