  | |  | 7.2 Install of SO52 Problems.sdm | 7.2 Install of SO52 Problems.sdm 2003-05-04 - By Frank K
Back Michael, Thanks for the response.
I'm still convinced that depmod -ae is responsible for the SO52 install failure, but I see your point that libstu569li.so is an SO52 compressed library - not a RH7.2 lib.
I did try the combination of copying the bin files on the CD to a HDD partition, then try the install from the HDD. Once depmod had been run SO52 would not install. I got the same error as I did from the CD.
Leaving those copied files on an unreformatted partition during a second OS install allowed them to install correctly before depmod -ae was invoked as root.
I found out that depmod can be run as a user, but it fails as follows:
depmod -ae depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/modules.dep for writing>
Is it possible to manually change modules.dep with an editor to ensure that only that file gets changed?
I could diff the before and after. Depmod runs for quite a while on this old system, So it would appear that it's doing more than a simple text file entry change.
This is probably not worth a lot of effort. I'm using SO52 now and a second OS reload is not prohibitively painful for me.
I you think this is worth pursuing farther, I'm willing to spend some time to resolve the root cause here.
Regards,
FrankK
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On 5/4/03, 7:16:15 PM, Michael Fratoni <mfratoni@(protected)> wrote regarding Re: 7.2 Install of SO52 Problems.sdm:
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> On Sunday 04 May 2003 03:38 pm, FrankK wrote: > > I need a way to repair libstu569li.so after it gets "dented" by depmod > > -ae. Note here that I am replying to my own original post to add more > > information. > > > > Regards, FrankK > > > > Details Follow: > > > > I am now convinced that this SO52 install problem was caused by my > > prior invocation as root of depmod -ae. That invocation was > > necessitated by the CD drive not being recognized by the kernel as a > > valid block device - which I also posted. > > > > This is a catch 22 situation for a virgin install where the CD drive is > > not properly recognized. The remedy to fix the drive problem renders > > libstu569li.so unusable for Star Office 5.2 CD install.
> 'depmod -ae' being related to the problem isn't at all likely.
> As part of the normal boot process, 'depmod -a' is run (You'll see a line > similar to "Finding module dependencies... OK") > Adding the -e flag simply forces depmod to report any unresolved symbols.
> Depmod simply finds module dependencies, and writes them to a file in the > /lib/modules/ tree. > I don't know what the problem with the star office library might be, but > I'm reasonably certain that depmod isn't modifying any libraries.
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