powernowd does not start cleanly on Jaunty

[Alex Sidorenko]

Two problems with script /etc/init.d/powernowd:
- it tries to use /sbin/lsmod
- it prints a "Usage:" message on standard output

The first problem affects other packages: it is tracked on bug #340666
The second problem was first reported on bug #340300, now marked as duplicate.

These problems can be reproduced as follows.

root@jaunty:/var/log# /etc/init.d/powernowd.early start
/etc/init.d/powernowd: 180: /sbin/lsmod: not found
Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-d <dirname> ] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-b] [-o <modname>] [ --dump-modversions ] <modname> [parameters...]
modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ...
modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...]
Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-d <dirname> ] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-b] [-o <modname>] [ --dump-modversions ] <modname> [parameters...]
modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ...
modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...]

[Noel J. Bergman (noeljb)]

That is not the only error message from the script, as can be seen from Bug 340300 (interesting that both were reported back to back).

The attached patch eliminates the error messages, but that may be hiding something that needs to be fixed.

[Alex Sidorenko (asid)]

I have found that other packages rely on /sbin/lsmod either, e.g.

{root 14:42:28} fgrep lsmod /etc/init.d/acpi*
/etc/init.d/acpid: LIST="$(/sbin/lsmod | awk '!/Module/ {print $1}')"

acpid 1.0.6-9ubuntu4

vmware module generation depends on /sbin/lsmod (well, this is not free software...)

We probably need to submit a separate bugreport for acpid.

Alex

[Florent (florent.x)]

Problem on "/sbin/lsmod" will be fixed on module-init-tools. It was a packaging error. See bug #340666.

Second problem is still opened : "Usage:" messages printed on standard output.

[Florent (florent.x)]

Here is the fix for second problem ("Usage:" messages).

It is because the option "modprobe -Q" is not supported any more.
It should be replaced with "modprobe -q

--- a/etc/init.d/powernowd Wed Mar 11 23:50:10 2009 +0100
+++ b/etc/init.d/powernowd Thu Mar 12 00:23:06 2009 +0100
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 . /etc/default/rcS

 if [ "x$VERBOSE" = "xno" ]; then
- MODPROBE_OPTIONS="$MODPROBE_OPTIONS -Q"
+ MODPROBE_OPTIONS="$MODPROBE_OPTIONS -q"
         export MODPROBE_OPTIONS
 fi

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package powernowd - 1.00-1ubuntu4

---------------
powernowd (1.00-1ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Update init script for new module-init-tools; LP: #340301.
    - Don't hardcode path of lsmod to /sbin as it moved to /bin.
    - Set MODPROBE_OPTIONS to -q instead of -Q as the latter was dropped in
      the latest module-init-tools.

 -- Loic Minier <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:33:32 +0000