Hi Stefan, Per chance did you check your /etc/modules.conf ?? =:`) If not, do it, because this could be the origin of your problem. Maybe you can find embedded on it the "^Pöÿ¿`" garbage you see. HTH Best regards, Eduardo Carriles [-- Better a smile than a flame --] (Long time SuSE-Linux [preferred distro] user). [-- Se me nota mucho? -- Notices me much?] [-- Have a lot of fun...] ---- Stefan Suurmeijer wrote:

Hi all,

I am getting some weird insmod warnings in /var/log/warn.

--->SNIP Jul 23 20:29:10 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod ^Pöÿ¿` failed Jul 23 20:29:10 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod 0öÿ¿` failed Jul 23 20:29:48 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod ^Pöÿ¿` failed Jul 23 20:29:48 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod 0öÿ¿` failed Jul 23 20:31:43 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod ^Pöÿ¿` failed Jul 23 20:31:43 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod 0öÿ¿` failed --->ENDSNIP

Can anyone tell me where they come from, and more importantly, how to get rid of them?

thanks,

Stefan

Hi Stefan, Good Luck!! =:`) Maybe some of our [SLE] neighbors would post their qualified opinions, though. -- Best regards, Eduardo Carriles [-- Better a smile than a flame --] (Long time SuSE-Linux [preferred distro] user). [-- Se me nota mucho? -- Notices me much?] [-- Have a lot of fun...] ---- Stefan Suurmeijer wrote:

Yup, checked both /etc/modules.conf and the modules.dep file. Both seem normal.

I think I've found it though. I've found three occasions, and all three are preceded by the following message:

kernel: nmap uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET)

It seems that an nmap call is generating some garbage.

Stefan