Bug 4687

Summary:	(Beta 1) Failure to load kernel modules at boot after install
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Chris Nicoll <zeta>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	Normal	CC:	thierry.vignaud, tmb
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Output of lspcidrake -v for readability

Description Chris Nicoll 2012-02-24 21:18:49 CET

Description of problem:

After installing Beta 1, on rebooting I get to a graphical login screen but neither my (Logitech) USB mouse nor my (Cherry) USB keyboard responds. 

Looking at /var/log/messages from another partition, I see several instances of what to my uneducated eye looks like a problem:

localhost modprobe: FATAL:Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.39.4-5.1-desktop/modules.dep: No such file or directory

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

How reproducible:
Very, on my machine.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install from beta 1 (32 bit version) on my computer (Core 2 Duo E6700; not too sure what else is relevant).
2. Boot

I've installed twice and tried to repair the installation twice. First time I used the network install iso, and the second time I used the full DVD and didn't do any updates. Both times I selected the default KDE installation. I get to a graphical login screen but neither my (Logitech) usb mouse nor my (Cherry) usb keyboard responds.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-24 21:32:06 CET

can you paste the output of lspcidrake -v or lsusb -v ?

(with a livecd, onother linux or something else)

Comment 2 Chris Nicoll 2012-02-24 21:56:24 CET

Hi Manuel, 

Absolutely.

[chris@localhost ~]$ lspcidrake -v
firewire_ohci   : Texas Instruments|TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [SERIAL_FIREWIRE] (vendor:104c device:8024 subv:1458 subd:1000)          
3c59x           : 3Com Corporation|3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:10b7 device:9050)
pata_jmicron    : JMicron Technology Corp.|JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:197b device:2363 subv:1458 subd:b000) (rev: 02)                                
ahci            : JMicron Technology Corp.|JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [STORAGE_SATA] (vendor:197b device:2363 subv:1458 subd:b000) (rev: 02)                               
sky2            : Marvell Technology Group Ltd.|88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:11ab device:4364 subv:1458 subd:e000) (rev: 13)                
Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6100 to GeForce 360: nVidia Corporation|G73 [GeForce 7300 GT] [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:10de device:0393 subv:1458 subd:341b) (rev: a1)                             
ata_piix        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:8086 device:2825 subv:1458 subd:b002) (rev: 02)
i2c_i801        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [SERIAL_SMBUS] (vendor:8086 device:283e subv:1458 subd:5001) (rev: 02)                                                                  
ata_piix        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:8086 device:2820 subv:1458 subd:b002) (rev: 02)                                                         
iTCO_wdt        : Intel Corporation|82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller [BRIDGE_ISA] (vendor:8086 device:2810 subv:1458 subd:5001) (rev: 02)                                                             
unknown         : Intel Corporation|82801 PCI Bridge [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:244e) (rev: f2)                                                                                                             
ehci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2836 subv:1458 subd:5006) (rev: 02)                                                             
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2832 subv:1458 subd:5004) (rev: 02)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2831 subv:1458 subd:5004) (rev: 02)                                                              
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2830 subv:1458 subd:5004) (rev: 02)                                                              
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:2849) (rev: 02)                                                                                      
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:2847) (rev: 02)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:283f) (rev: 02)
snd_hda_intel   : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (vendor:8086 device:284b subv:1458 subd:a002) (rev: 02)
ehci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:283a subv:1458 subd:5006) (rev: 02)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2835 subv:1458 subd:5004) (rev: 02)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2834 subv:1458 subd:5004) (rev: 02)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:29a1) (rev: 02)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:8086 device:29a0 subv:1458 subd:5000) (rev: 02)
hid_cherry      : HID 046a:0023
hid_cherry      : HID 046a:0023

Comment 3 Chris Nicoll 2012-02-24 21:56:57 CET

D'oh, should I have attached that instead?

Comment 4 Chris Nicoll 2012-02-24 21:59:02 CET

Created attachment 1627 [details]
Output of lspcidrake -v for readability

Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-24 22:23:08 CET

tv, thomas, another missing module ?

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud, tmb

Comment 6 Chris Nicoll 2012-03-22 14:35:32 CET

Today I installed Beta 2 on the same hardware from the net install iso: problem no longer appears. Fixed?

Comment 7 Thierry Vignaud 2012-03-22 15:07:53 CET

(In reply to comment #5)
> tv, thomas, another missing module ?

No. Modules cannot be loaded b/c grub was probably not installed on MBR and it was booting a non mga kernel
It's looking for /lib/modules/2.6.39.4-5.1-desktop/modules.dep ; however "2.6.39.4-5.1-desktop" came from "uname -r" and it looks like a mdv-post-rpm5 kernel and not like a mga kernel:

1) mga kernel went straight from 2.6.38.8-5.mga2 to 3.0.0-0.rc7.2.1.mga2
   ie mga never released a 2.6.39 kernel
2) mga2b1 shiped with kernel-3.2.6
3) indeed 2.6.39.4-5.1 was a mdv kernel:
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/17513615/dir/mandrake_other/com/kernel-desktop-2.6.39.4-5.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm.html

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID

Comment 8 Chris Nicoll 2012-03-26 16:39:00 CEST

Well, that's an embarrassing GRUB configuration screwup. 

Apologies.