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From: Konstantin Kulikov <k.kulikov2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 16:20:16 +0300
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Subject: Re: system boot & modloop
To: Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>
Cc: alpine-user@lists.alpinelinux.org
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You're likely booting old kernel while having /lib/modules only for newer
kernel. This can easily happen if you don't have /boot mounted RW before
running apk upgrade. No idea about CD issues.

On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 1:43=E2=80=AFPM Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@l=
ibero.it>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I did a fresh install of 3.22 on a ThinkPad amd64. It was not clean, it
> had FreeBSD and Windows. I wanted to keep dual booting and replace FreeBS=
D.
> I had installed Alpine previously on 32bit laptops without issues and
> kept it up-to-date.
>
> Boot from the CD was problematic: it had consistent modloop issues, so
> that the booted system had no ethernet nor wifi.
> I looked on the internet and hints were about that existing partitioned
> disk was an issue. I decided to use another Debian USB stick, format it
> and reboot with alpine. DId not help
>
> At the end, the only fix was:
> |modloop_verify=3Dno
>
> at boot and I could get into a working Alpine, as usual. I proceeded
> with settup, used whole disk for simplicity. Rebooted and started
> installing all classic stuff for X... nouveau worked, windowmanager,
> basic stuff all fine! Unpacked data backup in my home.
>
> Poweroff & reboot next day, bad surprise: no ethernet, no framebuffer,
> no anything. Appears the system is completely without modules.
> I see no modloop errors though. I see no errors at all, except during
> network setup where "no such devices" comes, for obvious reasons. Using
> ||modloop_verify=3Dno now doesn't help either, because it is not a modloo=
p
> error.
>
> Any hints what is going wrong and how can debug?
>
> I tried checking "rc-service" and I see acpid is crashed, the rest is
> running.
> A check says it is beause of /dev/input/event0 missing
>
> I tried manually starting modloop with:
>
> rc-service modloop
>
> "modloop failed to start" but in messages find that no reason. Is this
> expected on  an installed system?
>
> Riccardo
> |||
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">You&#39;re likely booting old kernel while having /lib/mod=
ules only=C2=A0for newer kernel. This can easily happen if you don&#39;t ha=
ve /boot mounted RW before running apk upgrade. No idea about CD issues.</d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" cl=
ass=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 1:43=E2=80=AFPM Riccardo Mottola =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:riccardo.mottola@libero.it">riccardo.mottola@libero.i=
t</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"=
>Hi all,<br>
<br>
I did a fresh install of 3.22 on a ThinkPad amd64. It was not clean, it <br=
>
had FreeBSD and Windows. I wanted to keep dual booting and replace FreeBSD.=
<br>
I had installed Alpine previously on 32bit laptops without issues and <br>
kept it up-to-date.<br>
<br>
Boot from the CD was problematic: it had consistent modloop issues, so <br>
that the booted system had no ethernet nor wifi.<br>
I looked on the internet and hints were about that existing partitioned <br=
>
disk was an issue. I decided to use another Debian USB stick, format it <br=
>
and reboot with alpine. DId not help<br>
<br>
At the end, the only fix was:<br>
|modloop_verify=3Dno<br>
<br>
at boot and I could get into a working Alpine, as usual. I proceeded <br>
with settup, used whole disk for simplicity. Rebooted and started <br>
installing all classic stuff for X... nouveau worked, windowmanager, <br>
basic stuff all fine! Unpacked data backup in my home.<br>
<br>
Poweroff &amp; reboot next day, bad surprise: no ethernet, no framebuffer, =
<br>
no anything. Appears the system is completely without modules.<br>
I see no modloop errors though. I see no errors at all, except during <br>
network setup where &quot;no such devices&quot; comes, for obvious reasons.=
 Using <br>
||modloop_verify=3Dno now doesn&#39;t help either, because it is not a modl=
oop <br>
error.<br>
<br>
Any hints what is going wrong and how can debug?<br>
<br>
I tried checking &quot;rc-service&quot; and I see acpid is crashed, the res=
t is <br>
running.<br>
A check says it is beause of /dev/input/event0 missing<br>
<br>
I tried manually starting modloop with:<br>
<br>
rc-service modloop<br>
<br>
&quot;modloop failed to start&quot; but in messages find that no reason. Is=
 this <br>
expected on=C2=A0 an installed system?<br>
<br>
Riccardo<br>
|||<br>
</blockquote></div>

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