FWIW I started seeing it after I installed a USB displaylink video adapter using kernel module evdi.ko in /lib/modules/4.15.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768637 Title: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello, I noticed the following entries in my journal after upgrading to 18.04 LTS from 16.04 LTS: May 02 12:06:31 hunt gpu-manager[1112]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:31 hunt gpu-manager[1112]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:31 hunt gpu-manager[1112]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:31 hunt gpu-manager[1112]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:31 hunt gpu-manager[1112]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/dkms May 02 12:06:31 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:31 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1170]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1170]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1170]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1170]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1170]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/dkms May 02 12:06:32 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:32 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1254]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/dkms May 02 12:06:32 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:32 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1316]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1316]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1316]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1316]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file May 02 12:06:32 hunt gpu-manager[1316]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/dkms May 02 12:06:33 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:33 hunt audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=gpu-manager comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' May 02 12:06:33 hunt systemd[1]: gpu-manager.service: Start request repeated too quickly. May 02 12:06:33 hunt systemd[1]: gpu-manager.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. The referenced dkms path does not exist: sarnold@hunt:~$ ls -l /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/dkms ls: cannot access '/lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/dkms': No such file or directory sarnold@hunt:~$ ls -l /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/ ls: cannot access '/lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/updates/': No such file or directory sarnold@hunt:~$ ls -l /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/ total 5292 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Apr 23 21:56 build -> /usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-20-generic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 21:56 initrd drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 May 1 18:23 kernel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1253762 May 1 18:36 modules.alias -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1235639 May 1 18:36 modules.alias.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7594 Apr 23 21:56 modules.builtin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9600 May 1 18:36 modules.builtin.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 552117 May 1 18:36 modules.dep -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 780401 May 1 18:36 modules.dep.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 317 May 1 18:36 modules.devname -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 206162 Apr 23 21:56 modules.order -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 515 May 1 18:36 modules.softdep -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 589679 May 1 18:36 modules.symbols -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 719498 May 1 18:36 modules.symbols.bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 1 18:23 vdso sarnold@hunt:~$ find /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/ -name dkms sarnold@hunt:~$ Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.5.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 2 12:27:40 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (2022 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-drivers-common UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1768637/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
