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• Started 5 years ago by gdesilva
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   gdesilva
   

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   Hi, I noticed that my system now fails to load kernel modules. Logs indicate

   Loading Kernel modules...
   Loading module: i915 WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-gtt.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/acpi/button.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   [ Failed ]
   Loading module: snd_hda_intel WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-controller.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   [ Failed ]
   Loading module: atl1c FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   [ Failed ]
   Loading module: uvcvideo WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/media/media.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videodev.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-memops.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   [ Failed ]
   Loading module: intel_agp WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-gtt.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   [ Failed ]
   Loading module: iwlwifi WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   WARNING: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   [ Failed ]
   Loading module: lpc_ich FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/mfd/lpc_ich.ko.xz': Invalid module format
   [ Failed ]

   As can be seen the problem is that the module format is incorrect. Any idea what this means?

   Many thanks.

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   Bellard
   

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   What is the output of

   ls -l $(which modprobe)
   ls -l $(which insmod)
   ldd $(which insmod)
   uname -a
   modinfo /lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/mfd/lpc_ich.ko.xz
   lsmod

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   @Bellard,

   1. tux@slitaz:~$ ls -l $(which modprobe)
   -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43636 May 23 2016 /sbin/modprobe

   2.tux@slitaz:~$ ls -l $(which insmod)
   -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7948 May 23 2016 /sbin/insmod

   3. tux@slitaz:~$ ldd $(which insmod)
   /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so (0xb7794000)
   libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7781000)
   liblz.so.1 => /lib/liblz.so.1 (0xb777e000)
   libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7608000)
   libv4l1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libv4l1.so.0 (0xb7601000)
   libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb74d1000)
   libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb74a4000)
   libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb748c000)
   /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7797000)
   libv4l2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libv4l2.so.0 (0xb7481000)
   libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7465000)
   libv4lconvert.so.0 => /usr/lib/libv4lconvert.so.0 (0xb73ed000)
   librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb73e4000)
   libjpeg.so.9 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.9 (0xb73b3000)

   4. tux@slitaz:~$ uname -a
   Linux slitaz 3.16.55-slitaz #4 SMP Sun Aug 18 14:57:54 CEST 2019 i686 GNU/Linux

   5. tux@slitaz:~$ modinfo /lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/mfd/lpc_ich.ko.xz
   ERROR: modinfo: could not open /lib/modules/3.16.55-slitaz/kernel/drivers/mfd/lpc_ich.ko.xz: Exec format error

   6. tux@slitaz:~$ lsmod
   Module Size Used by
   i915 561626 3
   i2c_algo_bit 3651 1 i915
   drm_kms_helper 23574 1 i915
   snd_hda_intel 14895 1
   drm 161333 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
   snd_hda_controller 11942 1 snd_hda_intel
   iwlwifi 63944 0
   uvcvideo 52636 0
   snd_hda_codec 56018 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
   videobuf2_vmalloc 1832 1 uvcvideo
   videobuf2_memops 1035 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
   cfg80211 152570 1 iwlwifi
   snd_hwdep 4011 1 snd_hda_codec
   videobuf2_core 15730 1 uvcvideo
   v4l2_common 2742 1 videobuf2_core
   snd_pcm 49568 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller,snd_hda_codec
   videodev 72621 3 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core,v4l2_common
   snd_timer 14145 1 snd_pcm
   intel_agp 7704 0
   snd 35730 7 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
   intel_gtt 8282 3 i915,intel_agp
   atl1c 24481 0
   media 7626 2 uvcvideo,videodev
   i2c_core 14604 6 i915,i2c_algo_bit,drm_kms_helper,drm,v4l2_common,videodev
   agpgart 17579 3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
   lpc_ich 11520 0
   soundcore 3150 2 snd_hda_codec,snd
   acer_wmi 20318 0
   sparse_keymap 1908 1 acer_wmi
   rfkill 10678 2 cfg80211,acer_wmi
   wmi 5691 1 acer_wmi
   video 10711 2 i915,acer_wmi
   button 3249 1 i915
   tux@slitaz:~$

   Many thanks for taking time to look into this.

   Posted 5 years ago #
4. 

   Bellard
   

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   Install kmod :

   tazpkg get-install kmod --forced

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   @Bellard, worked like a charm! Thanks so much.

   Posted 5 years ago #

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