weird modprobe in /var/log/messages and on console

[Riaan]

I am getting the folliwing very weird modprobe errors in my messages syslog, every hour or so (hostname of machine is &quot;news&quot (I marked the relevant sections with &quot;&gt;&quot;, perhaps xntpd has something to do with this - the &quot;kernel pll status change&quot:<br><br>Jul 31 12:11:32 news xntpd[1102]: synchronized to 143.160.132.45, stratum=2<br>Jul 31 12:11:32 news xntpd[1102]: synchronisation lost<br>Jul 31 12:15:49 news xntpd[1102]: synchronized to 143.160.132.45, stratum=2<br>Jul 31 12:16:53 news xntpd[1102]: synchronized to 196.31.211.55, stratum=1<br>&gt;Jul 31 12:16:53 news xntpd[1102]: kernel pll status change 89<br>&gt;Jul 31 12:19:03 news modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-3<br>&gt;Jul 31 12:19:03 news modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-3<br>&gt;Jul 31 12:19:03 news modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-22<br>&gt;Jul 31 12:19:03 news modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-22<br>&gt;Jul 31 12:19:04 news kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector<br>0<br><br>I also get these messages on the console:end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0<br><br>modprobe -c shows ide-probe on block-major-3 and block-major-22 (floppy is on block-major-2)<br><br>man modprobe does not show me anything helpful. Neither does /etc/conf.modules. None of my other servers (similar hardware, also RH 6.2) give me this error. The machine is running ntp and nntpcache. I can mount floppies but am not using the floppy at all for day to day tasks (it is a server, after all)<br><br>What does this all mean?<br><br>Please help<br>(currently specialising in AIX, furiously trying to migrate to Linux) <p>Riaan van Niekerk<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>UNIX sysadmin <br>
Potchefstroom University<br>
South Africa

 

[chgwhat]

Check your /etc/inet/ntp.conf to make sure no files are referenced on the floppy and also the command line that<br>starts ntp. Also make sure no file are linked to the floppy<br><br> <p> Tony ... aka chgwhat<br><a href=mailto:tony_b@technologist.com>tony_b@technologist.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>When in doubt,,, Power out...

 

[Riaan]

Initially I thought NTP caused these messages:<br>killing xntpd did not make the error messages disappear.<br><br>ntp.conf is itn /etc/ntp.conf - at least the version that ships with RH6.2, v3-5.93&nbsp;&nbsp;(UnixWare has it in /etc/inet/ntp.conf). Here is the contents on this time server (all commented out lines omitted):<br><br>server&nbsp;&nbsp;ntp2.puk.ac.za<br>server&nbsp;&nbsp;time.wasp.co.za prefer<br>server&nbsp;&nbsp;igubu.saix.net<br>server&nbsp;&nbsp;ntp.is.co.za<br>server&nbsp;&nbsp;127.127.1.0<br>fudge&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;127.127.1.0 stratum 10<br>driftfile /etc/ntp/drift<br>multicastclient<br>broadcastdelay&nbsp;&nbsp;0.008<br>authenticate no<br>(i.e. no references to the floppy here)<br><br>The times I get these messages, as well as when I stopped/started xntpd (I cannot see any definitive pattern other than something relating to 01:00 in the morning):<br><br>Jul 26 01:01:14<br>Jul 26 12:29:05<br>Jul 26 13:18:23<br>Jul 27 01:01:19<br>Jul 27 18:18:22<br>Jul 28 01:00:27<br>Jul 29 15:18:45<br>Jul 31 01:00:44<br>Jul 31 12:19:03<br>Jul 31 13:26:18<br>Aug 1 01:00:51<br>Aug 1 10:18:03 (here I killed xntpd)<br>Aug 2&nbsp;&nbsp;1:00:53 <br>Aug 2&nbsp;&nbsp;6:20:33<br>Aug 2 08:09:2 (here I started it again)<br><br>(there are no cron entries relating to any of these times)<br><br>TIA<br>Riaan<br> <p>Riaan van Niekerk<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>UNIX sysadmin <br>
Potchefstroom University<br>
South Africa

 

[chgwhat]

Are You using any nfs or other network file system ?<br>which could have a network or server degrade ?<br>Is there another application that may have io problems<br>ie: database update, database log file, or some other checkpoint?<br>What kind of disk setup do you have ? <p> Tony ... aka chgwhat<br><a href=mailto:tony_b@technologist.com>tony_b@technologist.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>When in doubt,,, Power out...

 

[Riaan]

nfs et al: - nothing like that<br><br>Other applications: <br>1 MRTG (<A HREF="

http://www.mrtg.org"

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http://www.mrtg.org</A>),

<br>2 ProFTPD<br>3 NNTPCache<br>4 Legato Networker client<br>(no databases)<br><br>Disk setup: 2x4GB, one for /, one for nntpcache<br>#mount<br>/dev/sda5 on / type ext2 (rw)<br>none on /proc type proc (rw)<br>/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)<br>/dev/sdb1 on /var/spool/nntpcache type ext2 (rw)<br>none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)<br><br>Riaan<br><br><br> <p>Riaan van Niekerk<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>UNIX sysadmin <br>
Potchefstroom University<br>
South Africa