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**doctordruidphd** · Aug 26, 2009, 09:16 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

Your kernel library is there.
Some kernel modules is not finding what it wants, though.
Please post the output of:

Code:

cat /etc/modules

**oracle1** · Aug 26, 2009, 04:59 PM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$

since I sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-'uname -r' I now have two identical error messages at boot but I stress everything is working fine and I have all my sound back including my softphone

**doctordruidphd** · Aug 26, 2009, 09:53 PM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

Well, since it's working, that's a good sign.
But we still don't know what the kernel is complaining about.
The only suggestion I have left would be to look through the procedure you used to install the audio driver:

when i asked why my audio wasn't working I was given a link to a standard page with the various commands needed to be cut and pasted and i did this

If you want to pursue this further, my guess is that's where we need to look.

**oracle1** · Aug 27, 2009, 04:49 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

could you pls refer to this thread for my exact instructions from dibl

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3105687.0

unfortunately my obsessive compulsive disorder cannot cope with any defect with my PC. I built it from scratch, I turned away and shunned my XP mates in search of a better OS. A lesser and smarter man would accept this error and carry on but not not me, no. LOL

OK this is the result of my first command repeated
oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update
[sudo] password for oracle1:
--2009-08-27 20:21:20-- http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list
Resolving www.medibuntu.org... 87.98.242.110
Connecting to www.medibuntu.org|87.98.242.110|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 280 [text/plain]
Saving to: `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list'

100%[================================================== ================================================== ==============>] 280 --.-K/s in 0s

2009-08-27 20:21:21 (23.5 MB/s) - `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list' saved [280/280]

Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_AU [2734B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/non-free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/free Packages
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release [74.6kB]
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release [49.6kB]
Get:6 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages [1253kB]
Get:7 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages [8848B]
Get:8 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources [555kB]
Get:9 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources [3156B]
Get:10 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages [4757kB]
Get:11 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources [2375kB]
Get:12 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages [197kB]
Get:13 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources [107kB]
Get:14 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages [160kB]
Get:15 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages [2589B]
Get:16 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources [44.8kB]
Get:17 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources [623B]
Get:18 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages [54.1kB]
Get:19 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources [14.9kB]
Get:20 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages [6637B]
Get:21 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources [2117B]
Fetched 9668kB in 1min 1s (157kB/s)
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
medibuntu-keyring is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_AU [2734B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/non-free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release [74.6kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages [1253kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/free Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages [8848B]
Get:6 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources [555kB]
Get:7 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources [3156B]
Get:8 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages [4757kB]
Get:9 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources [2375kB]
Get:10 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages [197kB]
Get:11 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources [107kB]
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Fetched 9333kB in 59s (157kB/s)
Reading package lists...
From this point on I am doing commands that I have done before. Because I didn't receive any error messages I didn't proceed with the following I am now going to do it to see what happens.
I cannot see an error there but I went the manual description and this is the edit i did to /etc/apt/sources.list

After trying to put in putting the two lines at the end,
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free
deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

I noticed they were already there so i left the file alone it looks like this

#deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090420.1)]/ jaunty main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty security main restricted
deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty security main restricted

so then I wacked in wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$ wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update
OK
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_AU [2734B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/security Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/non-free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release [74.6kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages [1253kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages [8848B]
Get:6 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources [555kB]
Get:7 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources [3156B]
Get:8 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages [4757kB]
Get:9 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources [2375kB]
Get:10 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages [197kB]
Get:11 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources [107kB]
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Fetched 9333kB in 60s (153kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/jaunty/Release Unable to find expected entry security/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$

I think I may be on to something right on the end there

changed to

**oracle1** · Aug 27, 2009, 04:51 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

Also this machine seems to spend a lot of time like 30 secs to a minute to run through the ram self test on boot I doubt very much that is related, I suspect my ram might be suss. Is this a relevant issue

**oracle1** · Aug 27, 2009, 04:57 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove gnash gnash-common libflashsupport mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla && sudo apt-get install alsa-oss faac faad flashplugin-nonfree libk3b2-extracodecs libmp3lame0 libtunepimp5-mp3 libxine1-ffmpeg non-free-codecs sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin unrar
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package gnash is not installed, so not removed
Package gnash-common is not installed, so not removed
Package libflashsupport is not installed, so not removed
Package mozilla-plugin-gnash is not installed, so not removed
Package swfdec-mozilla is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
alsa-oss is already the newest version.
faac is already the newest version.
faad is already the newest version.
flashplugin-nonfree is already the newest version.
libk3b2-extracodecs is already the newest version.
libmp3lame0 is already the newest version.
libtunepimp5-mp3 is already the newest version.
libxine1-ffmpeg is already the newest version.
non-free-codecs is already the newest version.
sun-java6-fonts is already the newest version.
sun-java6-jre is already the newest version.
sun-java6-jre set to manually installed.
sun-java6-plugin is already the newest version.
unrar is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$

**doctordruidphd** · Aug 27, 2009, 09:04 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

Everything looks good there. There should not be anything in medibuntu that could cause a boot problem.

For what it's worth, the medibuntu line in my sources.list looks like this:
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

I'm stumped with this one at this point. The only thing I'm wondering about is that your kernel version is -11. On my system, it's -15. I do have several kubuntu ppas enabled on my system, so the newer kernel may be coming from one of them.

I didn't see how you are doing your system updates, but if you have been using apt-get upgrade, you might try apt-get dist-upgrade. That might pull in a newer kernel version, as well as newer versions of other stuff.

One other thing comes to mind. Are you booting off the same partition that kubuntu is installed on? In the boot directory, there should be a bunch of files, starting with abi-, config-, initrd.img- System.map-, vmcoreinfo- and vmlinuz-, and ending with your kernel version, (2.6.28-11-generic). Are they all there?

**vinnywright** · Aug 27, 2009, 03:28 PM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

vinny@desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux desktop 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 18:40:08 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
vinny@desktop:~$

onley the standerd repos and medibuntu hear.

VINNY

**oracle1** · Aug 27, 2009, 05:56 PM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

root@oracle1-desktop:/home/oracle1# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-2.6.28-15 linux-headers-2.6.28-15-generic linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdelibs5 kdelibs5-data libmjpegtools-1.9 libplasma3 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 libvorbisfile3 linux-generic
linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-restricted-modules-generic tzdata
15 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 62.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 173MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libplasma3 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1 [570kB]
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main kdelibs5-data 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1 [1991kB]
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main kdelibs-bin 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1 [269kB]
Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main kdelibs5 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1 [6776kB]
Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic 2.6.28-15.49 [24.6MB]
Get:6 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic 2.6.28-15.20 [829kB]
Get:7 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main tzdata 2009l-0ubuntu0.9.04 [694kB]
Get:8 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main kdelibs-data 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.1 [6752kB]
Get:9 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.1 [10.0MB]
Get:10 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse libmjpegtools-1.9 1:1.9.0-0.0ubuntu3 [262kB]
Get:11 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libvorbis0a 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.9.04.1 [102kB]
Get:12 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libvorbisenc2 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.9.04.1 [77.4kB]
Get:13 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libvorbisfile3 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.9.04.1 [21.4kB]
Get:14 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted linux-generic 2.6.28.15.20 [3546B]
Get:15 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-image-generic 2.6.28.15.20 [3530B]
Get:16 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted linux-restricted-modules-generic 2.6.28.15.20 [3548B]
Get:17 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-headers-2.6.28-15 2.6.28-15.49 [8697kB]
Get:18 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-headers-2.6.28-15-generic 2.6.28-15.49 [670kB]
Get:19 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-headers-generic 2.6.28.15.20 [3518B]
Fetched 62.4MB in 7min 16s (143kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 95950 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libplasma3 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 (using .../libplasma3_4%3a4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libplasma3 ...
Preparing to replace kdelibs5-data 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 (using .../kdelibs5-data_4%3a4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kdelibs5-data ...
Preparing to replace kdelibs-bin 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 (using .../kdelibs-bin_4%3a4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kdelibs-bin ...
Preparing to replace kdelibs5 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 (using .../kdelibs5_4%3a4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kdelibs5 ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic.
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic (from .../linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic_2.6.28-15.49_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic.
Unpacking linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic (from .../linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic_2.6.28-15.20_i386.deb) ...
Preparing to replace tzdata 2009j-0ubuntu0.9.04 (using .../tzdata_2009l-0ubuntu0.9.04_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement tzdata ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'

Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'

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root@oracle1-desktop:/home/oracle1#

ok rebooting now

**oracle1** · Aug 27, 2009, 06:08 PM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$ ls /lib/modules
2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-15-generic
oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$

same error at the begining

the only thing that has changed the pattern is sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-'uname -r' and it made one error turn into 2 errors which makes me think this is an area to examine. All files you mentioned abi config etc are all there.

Wondering if I need to do anything at all, Its just my Obssesive compulsive disorder needing to understand whats going on

**doctordruidphd** · Aug 27, 2009, 07:46 PM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

This is getting curioser and curioser.

the exact error message is cannot load lib/modules/2.6.28.11-generic

So you are now getting the message cannot load ... 2.6.28.15-generic, correct?

At what point in the boot process does this message appear?

Try typing

Code:

dmesg

and see if you can find the error message in the stuff that it prints out.

Easiest way to locate it would be:

Code:

dmesg | grep cannot

If you can find it, maybe do a cut and past of the dmesg ouput with a few lines before and after the message.

If it doesn't show up in dmesg, the other way to get at it is to edit out the "spalsh" and "quiet" options in /boot/grub/menu.lst, and see if you can catch where it is showing up in the boot process.

This might tell us just *what* can't find what it's looking for.

**oracle1** · Aug 28, 2009, 04:02 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

NNNooooooHHHH

your onto something the error message remains the same this appears to be a boot configuration error I suspect this could be driven by the fact that I rearranged menu.lst remembering that I have xp first kubuntu second and debian third and debian is the master menu.lst . Grub comes up with boot default and then the error messages appear. this has something to do with debian's menu.lst config booting the system If this is the case how can I make Kubuntu's menu.lst the master boot, because I never use debian and in fact I am know wishing i never installed it. This is a copy of Kubuntu menu.lst

## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
uuid 4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

**oracle1** · Aug 28, 2009, 07:43 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

this is the debian menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 20

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sda7 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,6)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(single-user mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda5.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda5.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda5.
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+ (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
savedefault
boot

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda7 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda7 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

**doctordruidphd** · Aug 28, 2009, 10:13 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

OK, that's the problem.

If your kubuntu is on sda5, I'm assuming that's an extended partition. If so, that's going to be a bit of a problem. but is nonetheless solveable. I did that for a long time, till I finally kicked Windows off the machine.

First, for the record, qqmike's definitive how-to on grub:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0

If I'm wrong, and kubuntu is on a regular partition, then it's easy to solve. You need to read Section 3 of the howto, and particularly this part:

SUMMARY—recipe:
# (hdx,y) = the partition containing the GRUB files you wish to use.
# (hdz) = the MBR you wish to install GRUB to.
sudo grub
grub>find /boot/grub/stage1
grub>geometry (hd0)
grub>geometry (hd1), etc.
grub>root (hdx,y)
grub>setup (hdz)
grub>quit
$exit

So if you boot into your kubuntu system, you would set (hdx,y) to where your kubuntu system is (remembering that sda3 would be (hd0,2), for example).
Once that's done, you might need to run sudo update-grub.
From your kubuntu menu.lst, it looks like the kubuntu grub hasn't spotted your debian system. If it refuses to see it, it can be added in manually.

If kubuntu is actually on an extended partition, then it will be a little trickier. Basically you will have to use a bootable partiton for your boot files, and copy them over from you extended partition system. If that's the case, we will pursue that further.

**oracle1** · Aug 31, 2009, 03:38 AM

Re: mdprobe fatal error

grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,4)
(hd0,6)

grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,4)
(hd0,6)

grub> geometry (hd0)
drive 0x80: C/H/S = 60801/255/63, The number of sectors = 976773168, /dev/sda
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
Partition num: 4, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Partition num: 5, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82
Partition num: 6, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Partition num: 7, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82

grub>

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