Problem that I think is linked to hard disk activity - need to know where to look!

[pHreaksYcle]

modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/modules.dep: No such file or directory

is the first thing I see when I boot up Ubuntu 10.10. Then, at a seemingly random time, normally while writing to the hard drive, it'll lock up, screen will freeze wherever it is, and the keyboard lights will flash. I've determined it's not a hardware issue by using Win7 and replacing my GPU, HDD, mobo, and doing a RAM check.

Someone please help - I miss Ubuntu, Windows just doesn't cut it for me.

[efflandt]

Sounds like a kernel update was incomplete. Can you still boot a different (earlier) kernel?

What do you get for: ls /lib/modules

There should be a bunch of stuff in the dir for that kernel:
ls /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/

build              modules.builtin.bin  modules.inputmap   modules.softdep
initrd             modules.ccwmap       modules.isapnpmap  modules.symbols
kernel             modules.dep          modules.ofmap      modules.symbols.bin
modules.alias      modules.dep.bin      modules.order      modules.usbmap
modules.alias.bin  modules.devname      modules.pcimap     updates
modules.builtin    modules.ieee1394map  modules.seriomap

[srs5694]

Try typing this as soon as you boot:

sudo depmod -a

If you're having problems writing files, or if some module files are missing or damaged, that might fail, but it's possible it'll fix the problem.

[pHreaksYcle]

Sorry it took so long to reply - I'll follow up on both of your posts in just a few minutes here...

[pHreaksYcle]

Sounds like a kernel update was incomplete. Can you still boot a different (earlier) kernel?

What do you get for: ls /lib/modules

There should be a bunch of stuff in the dir for that kernel:
ls /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/

build              modules.builtin.bin  modules.inputmap   modules.softdep
initrd             modules.ccwmap       modules.isapnpmap  modules.symbols
kernel             modules.dep          modules.ofmap      modules.symbols.bin
modules.alias      modules.dep.bin      modules.order      modules.usbmap
modules.alias.bin  modules.devname      modules.pcimap     updates
modules.builtin    modules.ieee1394map  modules.seriomap

Okay, here's what's in that directory on my system - looks identical:

build modules.builtin.bin modules.inputmap modules.softdep
initrd modules.ccwmap modules.isapnpmap modules.symbols
kernel modules.dep modules.ofmap modules.symbols.bin
modules.alias modules.dep.bin modules.order modules.usbmap
modules.alias.bin modules.devname modules.pcimap updates
modules.builtin modules.ieee1394map modules.seriomap

@srs5694 Ran depmod -a, rebooting for good measure after I post this reply, will update on status as soon as I start some disk activity ^.^

[pHreaksYcle]

depmod -a completed successfully, and it's staying live for a lot longer now, but it still happens after 10 minutes to 30 minutes or so of torrenting or file transfers. Any other suggestions??

[geordie17]

I have the same message at boot up, it comes up twice then it boots in to the system and everything works fine as far as i can tell,but then I have only been using Ubuntu for a couple of day since my move from Windows7 . I have the directory of lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/ with files etc in them, would be nice to get rid of the message.