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Bug 709814 - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.5.4 fails to load external modules(?)
Summary: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.5.4 fails to load external modules(?)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers
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Reported: 2020-02-16 15:21 UTC by Harris Landgarten
Modified: 2020-02-17 15:12 UTC (History)
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Description Harris Landgarten 2020-02-16 15:21:04 UTC 
gentoo-sources-5.5.4 fails to load either nvidia or vmware modules when booting. After boot modprobes of nvidia fail with bad or missing symbol errors. modprobe --force fails too.

gentoo-sources-5.5.3 loads all modules and works properly.

5.5.4 is using the same .config as 5.5.3

The only difference is the kernel.
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2020-02-16 15:33:04 UTC 
You'll have to show more than that, because your hypothesis is easily defeated:

# uname -a
Linux wim 5.5.4-gentoo-JeR #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 15 10:27:50 CET 2020 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 455 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
# lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_drm             45056  3
nvidia_modeset       1077248  6 nvidia_drm
nvidia              19931136  263 nvidia_modeset
ipmi_msghandler        57344  2 ipmi_devintf,nvidia
Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2020-02-16 15:33:46 UTC 
(In reply to Harris Landgarten from comment #0)
> gentoo-sources-5.5.4 fails to load either nvidia or vmware modules when
> booting. After boot modprobes of nvidia fail with bad or missing symbol
> errors.

Why don't you post that output right here?
Comment 3 Harris Landgarten 2020-02-16 20:50:06 UTC 
I uninstalled all of 5.5.4 and reinstalled and rebuilt and now is all running fine. It must have been an odd error in the original download.
Comment 4 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev 2020-02-17 15:12:22 UTC 
Glad to hear. I was maybe thinking you forgot make modules_install ?

Either way, glad it's working.