https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103 Summary: 3rd Party Kernel Modules - not loadable after installing Package Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Have reproduced a problem where a 3rd party binary kernel module is not found by modprobe, after installing with YaST. Without knowing how the /lib/modules/*/{weak-,}updates directories are meant to be filled, I cannot assign the Bug accurately, so chose YaST2 as it was the component that installed the rpm's. The up to date kernel 2.6.22.12-0.1-bigsmp does not have link in weak-updates directory. Previous NVidia 3D rpm install, my weak-updates directory was only made correct by a later kernel upgrade. RPM's known to be affected : virtualbox-kmp-bigsmp-1.5.0_2.6.22.5_31-11 nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-bigsmp-100.14.19_2.6.22.5_30-1.1 This is what I did. Have current 2.6.22.12-0.1-bigsmp kernel installed. With YaST Software Manager install VirtualBox, it correctly selects a bigsmp kernel module. After receiving Pop Up in Virtual Box. I read I should in /usr/share/doc/packages/virtualbox/README.SUSE to modprobe, but modprobe cannot find it. fir:/lib/modules # modprobe vboxdrv FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found. Now in /lib/modules fir:/lib/modules # ls 2.6.22.12-0.1-bigsmp 2.6.22.5-30-bigsmp 2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp fir:/lib/modules # find . -name updates | xargs ls -l /2.6.22.5-30-bigsmp/updates: total 6743 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6894152 Sep 25 02:28 nvidia.ko /2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp/updates: total 56 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57079 Sep 25 22:39 vboxdrv.ko fir:/lib/modules # fir:/lib/modules # find . -name nvidia.ko -o -name vboxdrv.ko /2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp/updates/vboxdrv.ko /2.6.22.5-30-bigsmp/updates/nvidia.ko /2.6.22.12-0.1-bigsmp/weak-updates/nvidia.ko I did not make a mistake here, a symlink is not automatically created, I saw the exact same with nvidia.ko in previous Bug report. First saw this with NVidia 3D driver, closed Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=339640. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.