Package: module-init-tools Version: 3.7-pre9-1 Severity: important I recently did an "aptitude upgrade". I found that when the postinst of the oss-compat package was run during configuration of packages, I got a screenful of warnings, and found a long list of modprobe and "sh modprobe" processes running when inspecting the output of ps. At first I was just running "killall modprobe" to try to stop the madness, but found that something just kept spawning more modprobe processes. Eventually I found that "killall sh modprobe" will do the trick, if I'm fast about it. However, most of the times that I've tried tracking down or working around this problem, my system locks so hard that I have to kill X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, or even resort to the magic SysRq key, to get some response out of my system again.
I suspect this will be unreproducible since it hasn't been reported yet that I can see, but it's a bad enough bug to bear mentioning at least. I'm likely going to try various combinations of package holds and downgrades until my system starts behaving again. What follows is a copy of the warnings I got from running "dpkg-reconfigure oss-compat". WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. /var/lib/dpkg/info/oss-compat.postinst: line 6: 24207 Terminated modprobe snd-seq-oss WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/isapnp, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/devfsd, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/display_class, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages module-init-tools depends on: hi libc6 2.9-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-22 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip module-init-tools recommends no packages. module-init-tools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
