Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:40:06 +0100 | From | Christian Gennerat <> |
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Daniel Woods a écrit :
> > I loaded the latest from sunsite.uio.no about 6:00 PM CST, then > > tried to reboot. I get the following message about 6 times, then > > Aurora tries to start, then I get it like 4 more times, then the system > > locks up. The message : > > > > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0000 > > > > What does this mean, and more important - how can I fix it? > > Vinny > > You most likely have a binary program corrupted or file size 0. > > I had this problem with /sbin/ipchains somehow set to file size 0. > Re-installing the proper RPM fixed the problem for me. >
With the foolowing patch, I have identified the weird file:
diff -Bbu /src/linux/fs/exec.c.orig /src/linux/fs/exec.c --- exec.c.orig Wed Mar 7 21:47:33 2001 +++ exec.c Wed Mar 7 21:47:20 2001 @@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ printable(bprm->buf[2]) && printable(bprm->buf[3])) break; /* -ENOEXEC */ +printk("execmod:%s\n",bprm->filename); sprintf(modname, "binfmt-%04x", *(unsigned short *)(&bprm->buf[2])); request_module(modname); #endif And I got: #Mar 7 21:40:56 bcv66vbb kernel: execmod:/etc/X11/xinit.d/msec #Mar 7 21:40:56 bcv66vbb modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0000 Could this patch, or a better one, testing the result of request_module be included in the kernel source. modprobe message have not enough information
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