https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=255677 Summary: depmod not working! (solved) Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: j.sendler@os.bvnk.org QAContact: qa@suse.de Hello, there! PROBLEM: I just tried to install OpenSuSE 10.2 via internet (FTP). [D/L March 16, 2007] All seemed fine, but after reboot, three RAID mounts ("/usr","/home" and one custom "/backup" partition off the "/" partition) were not mounted, leaving the system not operational. It turned out that in the process of that online installation and update, there was obviously a kernel change from version "2.6.18.8-0.1-default" to version (back?) "2.6.18.2-34-default". Unfortunally, the "/lib/modules" directory was not renamed in that process, so that modules were not loaded properly upon reboot. "depmod" failed with an error message stating that the apropiate directory was not in place. SOLUTION: Simply creating a symlink in the "/lib/modules/" directory ("ln -s 2.6.18.8-0.1-default 2.6.18.2-34-default") solved the issue in a "dirty" way. SUMMARY: Ok, this should not happen. - The update process should respect the correct naming of the module directories. You can either "cleanly" rename the directory, or, "dirtyly", add a symlink like I did. == For Your information: I am a very satisfied customer of SuSE Linux, and have been since version 4.4.1 (April 1995, kernel 1.0.36). I have since been involved in several kernel development issues (especially i2c and iptables). This experience allowed me to solve the reported problem myself. Thank You for Your attention. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.