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modprobe amd-rng fails, No such device

When trying to install hw_random to a 2.6 kernel, modprobe returns a FATAL error "No such device" on both CentOS 5.7 and Fedora 15. Both are using the latest kernel, respectively. The .ko file exists,...
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Where should I place modules settings, in /etc/modprobe.d or /lib/modprobe.d?

My man modprobe.d says the following: NAME modprobe.d - Configuration directory for modprobe SYNOPSIS /lib/modprobe.d/*.conf /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf /run/modprobe.d/*....
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What is correct modprobe.d logic?

I have two different systems, rhel7 and rhel9. I've been curiously looking at CIS benchmarks for both of these. However, when it comes to disable kernel modules I get confused. When I look at CIS for ...
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Can't load new modules/driver due to "Exec format error" / "Skipping invalid relocation target"

I'm trying to update the driver for our Intel C62x Chipset QuickAssist Technology add-on card, but getting the mentioned errors when I try to load the modules. I haven't done this in a while, but I ...
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Debian unattended (preseed) installation, access to audio card(s)

I'm using the preseeding feature in order to shape a custom Debian 10 x64 system. Everything is happening well, except that during the late_command step, I'm running a shell script to configure and ...
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Force-unload or reset a crashed linux driver

What options do I have to hard-reset a linux driver? I have a problem with my USB-connected dvb tuners. They crash from time to time with a stack trace in the kernel log and disappear from the device ...
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Modprobe error at boot

I'm using LMDE4 with LVM on LUKS and recently I've been getting these cryptic error messages at boot: modprobe: module aes-i586 not found in modules.dep Volume group "lvmlmde" not found ...
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how to configure modprobe to recognize newly installed driver for eth1 on bootup?

I have a server running Debian 6. My motherboard has two interfaces, eth0 and eth1. Debian does not have a driver for eth1 (e1000e), so I installed the driver provided by Intel (e1000e-1.4.4). ...
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Why /bin/true in modprobe.conf

install hfs /bin/true in /etc/modprobe.d/hfs.conf supposedly disables hfs Why? Seems backwards.
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Mount merged partition at boot, fuse module missing

I have a merged partition from 3 different hard drives with mergerfs. I set it up following this tutorial. To automate the mounting I added instructions in the fstab : UUID=b3c8301c-5d12-4ab1-ab8c-...
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Docker service not able to start anymore because of modprobe error

I just ran in some issues with my server running docker that I cannot fix myself. Im using Docker version 18.09.0, build 4d60db4 with Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS. During the day I noticed, that my docker ...
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CentOS 7: sshfs can't find fuse, even though fuse is loaded

When I try to run sshfs, I get the error fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first. I already ran sudo modprobe fuse, but it just returns immediately without any output and the error persists: ...
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IPMI : FATAL: Error inserting ipmi_si

i have a problem with ipmi: i've already install ipmitool, ipmi_devintf, ipmi_msghandler, but when i try to install ipmi_si i receive this message: $ modprobe ipmi_si module FATAL: Error inserting ...
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preventing ipmi kernel drivers from loading

I'm trying to prevent the ipmi kernel modules from loading on a server with a SuperMicro X8DTG-D motherboard running Ubuntu 14.04. My motivation for doing so is that the modules sometimes seem to take ...
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Error: Socket failed: Connection refused ltsp + update-rc.d errors

I am installing a LTSP server, everything works, the pxe.linux.0 gets found, but the client gets stuck at this error: Modprobe: module overlayfs not found in modules.dep Error: socket failed: ...
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centos: fusermount: fuse device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first

while trying to mount google bucket or set sshfs up I am getting following error: fusermount: fuse device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first modprobe fuse command does not show anything: [user@...
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Module ip_tables not found

since my last reboot i cannot use iptables anymore. When i enter iptables -S i get modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:508 kmod_lookup_alias_from_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/lib/...
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Create IFB with name or ID in Ubuntu server

I am doing some work relate to limit income bandwidth (ingress) of a NIC in Ubuntu 16.04. Seem like we cannot limit the income bandwidth directly but have to use IFB. In this this post we have a good ...
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Modprobe doesn't create nbd device

I am running a server with Debian 8, and after running modprobe nbd, the program runs just fine. However, the device is not created since /dev/nbd0 does not exist. What should I do to get modprobe to ...
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modprobe not found at all

I know that a lot of people had problems finding modprobe which was mostely due to an unconfigured $PATH. This time however I logged into a machine (Linux mymachine 2.6.32-6-pve #1 SMP Mon Jan 23 08:...
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*-network UNCLAIMED : How can I fix this issue

Out of the blue my second ethernet port stopped working. Both of them are part of the motherboard. I can see both of the ports in bios. They were working, but I was using only one of them up to now. ...
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How to get rid of this error message?

I have this error message popping up in my /var/log/messages file: modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.33.7.2-rt30-xxxx-std-ipv4-64/modules.dep: No such file or directory My OS is ...
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How to reliable re-install nf_conntrack module after removal?

I want to remove the nf_conntrack module from debian. However I don't want to do this until I know how to get it back (if I have to), and currently am not confident about this. The steps another ...
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how to do ipmi for fencing, hardware specific requirement?

i'm a total noob about ipmi, fencing and ha, i want to create node with high availability. wanna fencing node with ipmi. root@proxmox01:~# ipmitool sensor Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/...
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Persistent changes to /proc/sys/sunrpc/tcp_slot_table_entries

I'm trying to make a persistent change to sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries on a Linux CentOS 5.5. This value has been found important for the performance of our NFS clients, and must be set before the ...
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What is the correct way to load modules for iptables on Centos 6

Where should I load iptables modules, for example ip_conntrack and ip_conntrack_ftp. Places I have found that might be candidates, but are they? The IPTABLES_MODULES variable in /etc/init.d/iptables ...
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Fuse module for s3fs

I am trying to install the s3fs software. I however keep coming upon this error: $ sudo /usr/bin/s3fs bucketname /mnt fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first $ modprobe fuse FATAL: Module ...
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at what level modprobe operates ? - linux

I have a machine with Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit, i have the need for blacklisting a module, i have blacklisted it in blacklist.conf but nothing happened; i have solved my problem passing modprobe.blacklist=&...
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Unknown modprobe causing high load average

For about the last 6 months, and for about a year before that (with a 6 month hiatus), one of my servers has had a consistently high load average: 13:37:34 up 192 days, 5:44, 2 users, load ...
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modprobe inside an LXC container

I need to run a WebDAV server inside of an LXC container, but I'm being told that modprobe is not available (even as root). I've seen that this was requested by developers, but how can I get around ...
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Ubuntu Server: Networking fails with MODPROBE option in /etc/network/interfaces ...?

For some reason (which I haven't been able to determine yet), yesterday morning the networking service on our web server (running Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS -- hardy) wouldn't start, and our website went down. ...
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Enabling 8021q on a nic

I'm trying to get a vlan interface on a bonded nic (Centos 5.5) and whilst the interface has been very happily created with vconfig I'm seeing no traffic on it at all. Running tcpdump and tshark on ...
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Ubuntu: Modprobe on startup

First, this is strange. I have two laptops running Ubuntu 10.10. On one of them, when connecting my 3G modem, it just works out of the box. For the other one, I need to modprobe option to register it ...
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when /etc/modules is used?

"# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time." my question is when and where the module loading job done? my first guess is some init scripts in /etc/init.d/ but grep got none. then i think ...