I installed a 2.6.0 kernel downloaded from the linux kernel repository and , I installed module-init-tools-9.14. I compiled the kernel, installed, installed the modules. And then i see the error message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install 2.6.0 kernel, and compile it. 2. make modules modules_install 3. update-modules Actual Results: I see the following error message: MODPROBE: Can't create modprobe.conf!
2.6.0 is quite old. Please do not use it. Get a much newer version (like 2.6.4) Also, module-init-tools has a newer version. And make sure you are root when you run update-modules. If after doing all of the above, you still have this same issue, please reopen this bug.