[Bug 473332] [NEW] Startup failed to load ipmi_devintf module

Kipp Glover kipp.glover at hp.com
Tue Nov 3 20:50:30 GMT 2009


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: openipmi

Ubuntu Version:
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kipp at dhcp57-92:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 9.04
Release:        9.04

openipmi package version:
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kipp at dhcp57-92:~$ sudo apt-cache policy openipmi
openipmi:
  Installed: 2.0.14-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.0.14-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.14-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What I expected to happen:
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I expected that when openipmi starts, it will load the ipmi_devinft module 

What happened instead:
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I had to manually load the ipmi_devintf module 

$sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf


Workaround:
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It seems that in the /etc/init.d/openipmi script will selectively load the ipmi_devintf module based on the value of the $DEV_IPMI.  Upstream defines this value in /etc/sysconfig/ipmi.  Ubuntu does not include this file.   

It would probably make sense to define/set this variable in /etc/default/openipmi, and source that in
the initscript.

In the meantime, customers could probably just put DEV_IPMI="yes" at
the top of /etc/init.d/openipmi  This will at least persist across reboots.

Thanks!
/Kipp

** Affects: openipmi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Startup failed to load ipmi_devintf module
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473332
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