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module-init-tools package

  1. Bug #99547
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 99547

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Ivan Baldo (ibaldo) wrote : Re: [Bug 99547] Re: [apport] depmod crashed with SIGSEGV in strcmp()

    Hello.
    You can fix it by removing the kernel that is giving problems, then
removing the directory /lib/modules/VERSION_OF_THE_KERNEL_REMOVED, then
reinstalling the kernel.
    DKMS has a caching system for modules also, so if the problematic
module is one generated by DKMS and it has a corrupt cached version, you
must tell DKMS to rebuild all its modules or clear its cache, I don't
remember how I did that though and I don't have access to an Ubuntu
machine right now, but if someone asks then I will try to give the
proper instructions.
    Hope this helps anyway.
    Bye.

El 02/09/09 12:32, Matt Zimmerman escribió:
> To those asking for a workaround:
>
> The situation which triggers this crash is a corrupt or invalid module in
> /lib/modules. Naturally, depmod should not crash, even in this case, and
> that is the bug which is now believed to be fixed in Karmic.
>
> In order to work around the problem, it's necessary to remove or replace the
> invalid module. I don't have a step-by-step recipe to hand for this at the
> moment, so if you don't know how to do this, just sit tight until someone
> posts one. If a workaround is available, it should be added to the bug
> description at the top so that it's immediately visible to everyone.
>
>

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