On 22 April 2015 21:17:55 CEST, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I just did a huge update on an older ~amd64 machine, and now only
>three out of a dozen or so kernel modules load during bootup, which
>leaves a lot of hardware in an unusable state.
>
>What mystifies me is how those three kernel modules managed to get
>loaded while all the others didn't. (It's the same three modules every
>time, BTW.)
>
>I grepped through /etc for the names of those modules, thinking maybe
>I listed them in modprobe.conf.d sometime in the past, but no, those
>modules are not listed anywhere in /etc, nor are any of the others
>listed either.
>
>I can modprobe all of the unloaded modules manually after bootup,
>which shows that all of the modules exist and load without error,
>so the problem lies elsewhere, but where?
>
>Any clues would be most welcome.

Did you update all packages succesfully and also updated your running kernel to 
a current version?

Do you use and initramfs?

Do you have /usr on a seperate partition?

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