Package: module-init-tools
Version: 3.2-pre1-2
Severity: normal
I compiled a module, maybe in the wrong spot. This is
where it is:
tvbox:~# ls -l /lib/modules/2.4.27/misc/lirc_dev.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13180 2006-11-04 14:19
/lib/modules/2.4.27/misc/lirc_dev.o
Attempting to install it gives an error:
tvbox:~# modprobe -v /lib/modules/2.4.27/misc/lirc_dev.o
modprobe: Can't locate module /lib/modules/2.4.27/misc/lirc_dev.o
Maybe the error itself is necessary, but the error message is
puzzling, at least in the above context. The file exists, and is easy
to locate; maybe it's looking for it in a particular locate and it's
not there.
For whatever is wrong, it would be better if the error message
clearly explained the problem. Suggestions for clarity:
1) Have the error indicate where it's looking:
modprobe: Can't locate module
"/lib/modules/2.4.27/misc/lirc_dev.o" in "/lib/modules/foobar"
2) OR, if full pathnames are no good, say so:
modprobe: module name is not allowed to begin with a '/' char
-- no full pathnames allowed.
3) OR, if no pathnames are allowed, say so:
modprobe: module name contains a '/' char -- pathnames not
allowed.
Also unclear is which package this bug belongs in:
tvbox:~# which modprobe
/sbin/modprobe
tvbox:~# ls -l /sbin/modprobe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23564 2005-01-26 16:10 /sbin/modprobe
tvbox:~# dlocate /sbin/modprobe
modutils: /sbin/modprobe
module-init-tools: /sbin/modprobe
Hope this helps...
Note: right now I can't use 'reportbug' on the (Debian stable) system
I'm testing, so there's less detail, but it shouldn't matter, as the
bug seems entirely verbal.
2nd note, from a day later: I tried it on my 'unstable' system:
% cp /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.ko /tmp/
% modprobe /tmp/sata_sx4.ko
FATAL: Module /tmp/sata_sx4.ko not found.
% which modprobe
/sbin/modprobe
% dlocate /sbin/modprobe
module-init-tools: /sbin/modprobe
modutils: /sbin/modprobe
% for f in module-init-tools modutils ; do echo -n $f: ; dlocate -s $f
| grep Ver ; done
module-init-tools:Version: 3.2.2-3
modutils:Version: 2.4.27.0-6
...pretty much the same thing, except the wording of the error message has
changed
from "can't locate module ...", to "module ... not found."
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