Kernel upgrades requiring a "depmod -a"

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Sat Aug 20 15:04:01 CDT 2005


On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 07:22:56PM +0000, Pete Shinners wrote:
> I've been running on Breezy for the past month or two. I've noticed after two
> kernel upgrades my system doesn't fully boot up. The problem is related to X not
> finding the "nvidia" module install.
> 
> Both times I've had the problem, I first thought I must not have the right
> packages all upgraded. Then when I find they are, and that the nvidia should be
> found I run a "depmod -a". After that the system work good like normal.
> 
> It seems like this should automatically be included in any "post-install" steps
> when a package with kernel modules is installed?

Is your system clock wrong, by any chance?  depmod -Aq is run at boot.

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 - mdz



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