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gdesilva

Member

Registered: 2011-04-07

Posts: 419

kernel modules fail to load

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.

bellard

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-28

Posts: 657

Re: kernel modules fail to load

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

gdesilva

Member

Registered: 2011-04-07

Posts: 419

Re: kernel modules fail to load

@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.

bellard

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-28

Posts: 657

Re: kernel modules fail to load

Install kmod :

tazpkg get-install kmod --forced

gdesilva

Member

Registered: 2011-04-07

Posts: 419

Re: kernel modules fail to load

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