Questions tagged [modprobe]
modprobe is a Linux program and used to add a loadable kernel module (LKM) to the Linux kernel or to remove an LKM from the kernel.
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open-vm-tools modprobe ERROR: could not insert 'vmgfx'
After doing a dist-upgrade yesterday evening the open-vm-tools-desktop are no longer working correctly. Which means, I can't resize to fullscreen. Trying to do so ends in a black screen. Taking a look ...
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Nvidia driver curiously only loads properly when booting in recovery mode (Not blacklisted, secure boot disabled)
I've been having serious trouble getting the Nvidia drivers working on my machine with Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10. My graphics card is an RTX 2080 and my machine is an ASUS desktop. I've been getting the ...
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Load ashmem & kmodsign
I recently install Anbox on my Ubuntu 20.04. I found on the post Module "ashmem" doesn't load with Secure Boot on (but "binder" does load with secure boot on) that I need to ...
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How do I debug errors with enabling the NFS kernel module?
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and wanted to use an NFS shared drive.
On most of my servers it just simply worked with
sudo modprobe nfs.
But on this specific server, which was set up exactly the ...
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Stop modprobe spam
I setup GPU passthrough, it works, but ubuntu is spamming modprobe processes, it consumes lot of CPU, this is log from dmesg:
[22014.015852] PKCS#7 signature not signed with a trusted key
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I still get "Dummy output" for audio after installing alsa-base and pulseaudio
I tried using my audio recently and I noticed that I couldn't any more, I've tried a few of the options I've seen but they do not seem to work:
Dummy Output in Audio; nothing is working (ALSA broken?)...
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Ubuntu 14.04 USB ports randomly fail
My GF has a Dell Vostro 3558 notebook that came with preinstalled Ubuntu 14.04 LTS system. Recently USB ports randomly fail. There's no pattern about it, no matter if the laptop is on charger or on ...
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Cannot mount windows ntfs drive on Ubuntu. Error Fuse not found
I recently updated the kernel to 4.10.3 and since then I have not been able to mount windows ntfs drives. It was working perfectly fine in my old kernel 4.4.0-64.
I have disabled fast-boot on ...
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Alternative to running rmmod and modprobe at every boot
My touchpad isn't properly recognized unless I manually run
rmmod psmouse
modprobe psmouse
at every boot. Surely there must be a better way?
Note: This question seems related, but in this case it's ...
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Sierra WWAN Kernel Module Acting Strangely
So a few days ago I installed Zorin OS (basically, Ubuntu with a Windows-like desktop environment) on my grandmother's computer to save it from the slowness of Windows 7.
Now, since she uses an AT&...
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Modprobe: 'Invalid nodule format', yet works after insmod
I am having a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 not properly recognising a custom made kernel module. The kernel module is a spoof of raw1394. So that programs that look for the presence of a raw1394 module ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - suspend then hibernate failed with result 'dependency'
Recently the suspend-to-hibernate function stopped working reliably. It happens that my battery is drained, although it should have went into hibernation.
This is what
journalctl | grep suspend
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Cannot modprobe wireguard on Ubuntu 20.04
Update: This seems to be a problem with my hoster (1blu). Loading the module works perfectly fine on my local computer and on my other server (a different hoster).
I cannot make wireguard work on my ...
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"FATAL: Module 88x2bu not found in directory /lib/modules/5.8.0-45-generic" when I do "modprobe 88x2bu"
Helo i've been trying for many days,, but Im done I recognize I need a hand from the experts guys..
I purchased a cudy AC1300 wireless Dual Band USB adapter. and I found the right driver RTL8812BU due ...
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Wifi does not work after suspend - ubuntu 20.10 - MT7630e
I'm using Ubuntu 20.10:
dsm@dsm ~> lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.10
Release: 20.10
Codename: groovy
dsm@dsm ~> uname -a
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Libkmod error - Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't start
While starting the system I'm getting the following message:
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-config.c:656 kmod_config_parse:
/etc/modprobe.d/local.conf line 1: ignoring bad line starting with '...
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Delay when using modprobe v4l2loopback with ffmpeg
I will state, that for the first maybe 2/3 mins of having the camera started, it appears that the audio/video is in sync. Thats to say, there is no delay on the video. Then I hear a "click" ...
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modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Operation not permitted
When I type sudo modprobe vboxdrv all it shows is:
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Operation not permitted
I cant find anything to fix this. This is in Ubuntu 20.04.
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unable to load the module for vfat support with modprobe
I'm doing a lab in this course and I'm asked to : "Load the module for vfat support; does it have any dependencies ?"
The answer for this lab is these commands :
modprobe vfat
modinfo vfat
lsmod ...
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Anbox-Modules-dkms Won't Install
I'm having trouble installing the modules sudo modprobe ashmem_linux and sudo modprobe binder_linux. Every time I try the code I get this message in my Terminal
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert '...
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Ubuntu completely broke my sound device
I installed Ubuntu 17.10 in dual boot.
But, in Ubuntu, I could not play sound from the speaker, while headphones worked fine. On Windows, both headphones and speakers worked fine.
So I found this ...
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I had to run modprobe wl after every boot
Wireless will not working unless I run:
sudo modprobe -r wl && sudo modprobe wl
In terminal, how to prevent that?
The current workaround I have is adding modprobe command to /etc/rc.local, ...
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My wifi driver MT7630E seems to work fine during install and then tells me error
The route I went was straight from https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1796 website.
Now follow the instructions below:
extract the archive in your Downloads directory (or any other ...
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/etc/modprobe.d/ conf file ignored
I am trying to add a module option for the amdgpu module, but it is seemingly ignored.
/etc/modprobe.d/amdgpu.conf contents:
options amdgpu audio=1
Relevant output from modprobe -c | grep amdgpu, ...
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Synaptic touchpad on laptop not working after update 14.10
I am having exactly the same problem with the touchpad after upgrading to 14.10, a solution was suggested in Synaptic touchpad on laptop not working after update
the manual solution of executing ...
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fstab executes before a required mod is loaded (vmhgfs)
I'm running Trusty Server 64bit in VMware and am trying to get shared folders to load on startup.
The problem I'm seeing is that the required module vmhgfs does not get loaded until after fstab is ...
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Synaptics error "no touchpad found" at startup on HP laptop
I know there are a lot of topics on the synaptics touchpad not working, but I can't seem to find the answer to my problem anywhere. Please forgive me if I missed it.
Here is what happened.
After ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu/Mint
I'm posting this as a last resource
I'm really frustrated with the a new laptop I bought few months ago because I am just unable to install Linux on it. It's an HP pavilion G4 1364. Short specs: Core ...
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Problems booting in recovery mode with Ubuntu 12.10
This is what I get when I boot into recoverymode:
udevd[369]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe/ -bv pci:v00001002d00006738sv0000174
Bsd0000174Bbc03sc00i00' [374]
It shows multiple times.
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Intel Wireless card not recognized on HP Zbook laptop
I tried to install Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 on my new HP Zbook laptop, but I face a problem with the detection of the Intel Wireless card for Wifi.
Everything works fine except that the Intel Wireless ...
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WSL2 modprobe usbmon missing?
According to this page, I should be able to use usbmon and other USB utilities in WSL2. I did everything exactly as lined out, the Windows part worked flawlessly (installing the USB passtrough drivers)...
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Why can't I set "modprobe vfio enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode=1"?
Running Ubuntu 22.04 with kernel 5.15.0-83 inside a QEMU VM:
guest$ sudo modprobe vfio enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode=1
guest$ cat /sys/module/vfio/parameters/enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode
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It's not ...
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Suggested ways of identifying hardware on Ubuntu
I am getting asked a lot if a certain hardware is supported on Ubuntu (or Linux for that matter). Usually people tell me the brand and model of their alledgedly unsupported hardware, but of course not ...
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Nvidia drivers problem (not booting, nvidia-smi not detecting etc.)
I am at my wits end with Nvidia drivers. I believe that I tried to set them up a long time ago, failed, and settled with open-source drivers. However, I still had to deal with screen tearing so after ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 No Wifi adapter found and doesn't detect USB tether
I know there are similar questions. but their command output is different to mine and did not work for me. I have installed Ubuntu on my flash drive and i have used it for more than a year.
Cause of ...
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WIFI (driver) not working
I have installed Ubuntu alongside Windows. The Wifi Adapter, which works on Windows through automatic driver installation, is not working on it. Through help with a question here I installed the ...
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modprobe on my Ubuntu machine: invalid option -- 'l'
I was reading the modprobe manual:
https://linux.die.net/man/8/modprobe
So I tried the -l flag on a few different Ubuntu machines:
18.04, 20.04.3
After getting:
modprobe: invalid option -- 'l'
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How to disable the internal speaker through blacklist?
I'm running the microsoft-teams-for-linux app and works fine for chat. For VoIP the mic works fine.
Sound seems to be routed to the internal speaker rather than to the headset (I had the volume low ...
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Can't detect built-in camera after installation
I have an old laptop (>4 years)with the bare minimum to work with. I installed Lubuntu 16.04.3 LTS and so far so good, my only issue is that the built-in camera isn't being detected by any app. I'm ...
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modprobe: FATAL: Module not found
I'm struggling to permanently insmod custom PCIe device drivers
Module can be loaded manually with insmod ~\work\project\build\xdma.ko
But I didn't manage to add it permanently.
I copied xdma.ko ...
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I accidentally deleted modprobe.d can Ubuntu won’t boot what can I do?
Nvidia driver blacklisted the open source version and I found the file. Instead of deleting that one file I accidentally deleted the entire modprobe.d folder. I rebooted and now Ubuntu 20.04 won’t ...
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How to add modprobe command to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
Ubuntu 20.04
To make my WiFi happy I enter the following modprobe via the terminal;
modprobe -r brcmfmac
Then wait 5 seconds and modprobe brcmfmacCan I add this to a startup process so that I don't ...
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Does /lib/modules folder must be on root device?
Just trying out things, I mounted a btrfs subvolume on /lib/modules, installed kernel on it. Everything seemed fine. But when I modprobe any module, it returned 0 without message and did not load that ...
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Unable to mount sftp drive using sshfs - could not open builtin file
I'm trying to mount sftp drives to my box (Ubuntu trusty - yes I know its old) however I'm getting an issue whenever I try
Output from sshfs command fuse:
device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' ...
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Usb Wifi adapter stopped working after forceful shutdown
I have a tl-wn722n. I installed the driver 8188eu using dkms and then ran it with modprobe the first time after installing ubuntu 16.04 and it was working. Now after a forceful shut down (through the ...
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In Ubuntu 17.04, for what this file is for /etc/modprobe.d/i915_disable_rc6.conf
I have found this file i915_disable_rc6.conf in folder path /etc/modprobe.d.
The file content is
options i915 enable_rc6 = 0
Anyone know for what this file is for. If I keep this file, my keyboard'...
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My wifi has stopped working! How do I fix it?
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 on my Dell Inspiron 1525 and I have Broadcom BCM4311 Network Controller and I had been using the firmware-b43-installer package and everything was OK. But there was an update ...
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Unable to disable Cramfs & vfat using /etc/modprobe.d/ conf file
I have a security requirement that calls for me to disable several file systems that are not being used to lower attack surface.
I have created a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ and some of the file systems ...
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wlan0 still uses wrong driver?
I installed the driver from https://github.com/vincent-t/rt8192cu_dkms
which installs the 8192cu driver (replacing the native rtl8192cu driver) which should work with my TP-LINK TL-WN821N v4.1 USB ...
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Swap a module at boot
I am trying to use a version of bbswitch hacked for a T450s mentioned in this issue on bumblebee-project/bbswitch. It works well and now my Nvidia 940m card turns off properly.
To install it I run ...
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