the initial issue was caused by systemd trying to load cdemu kernel module which was removed by vmware! once i removed the .conf file from /etc/modules.d/ normality crept back BUT my nic was not being initialised as the r8169 was refusing to load. I then assumed most of my modules were corrupted some how hence why they were failing to load (even modprobe was failing), a possibility that me running vmware-modconfig [...] as stated in my initial post caused this but i have no way to disprove or prove this but i resolved this by re-installing the kernel & headers. thanks for time taken in reading this. On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 03:31:13PM +0200, Thomas Rand wrote:

Hey Archers, my issue begins with me trying to patch vmware for 3.6.3-1-arch I tried using vmware & this told me the modules were not present for 3.6.3 so I went to grab latest from AUR (vmware-patch), the comments on there suggested that the ones for 3.5.x still worked but needed to be rebuilt.

so I read these instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … stallation

I noticed that in the finishing up section it gave a warning that if I update the kernel need too issue the following:

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

so I ran this & tried to run vmplayer this opened but crashed as soon as i tried to play a VM, I then decided that as I had not used it for some time I would just remove it:

vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-player

this finished & so I ran:

pacman -R vmware-patch

all was ok (so I thought) a while later I had to reboot to do something in my win7 install (non volatile) upon completing I rebooted back to arch & now my install refuses to boot & I see:

Failed to start load Kernel Modules [FAILED] see 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details

obviously systemd fall's over & offers to enter password or control-D to continue

well the system refuses to go any further & locks up totally (no flashing kbd lights like a panic though!) the exact same happens when I boot the fallback kernel

I can chroot into it using the old media (CORE 2011.08.19) which is the most recent I have, whilst chrooted in I thought perhaps the old vmware modules did not get removed correctly so I blacklisted them in:

/etc/modprobe.d/vmware.conf

blacklist vmmon [...]

I have managed to get into the system using the following boot parameter:

systemd.unit=rescue.target

I then ran:

systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service

this provided the default message about the service not starting but no reason why or what caused it to fail

So any advice or way forward would be appreciated as I am totally lost & have googled everything I can think of which may help but this is the first time I have b0rk3d the modules & am lost as to what to do.

-- Regards Thomas Rand

On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 01:20:03AM -0300, Martín Cigorraga wrote:

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Tom Rand <tom@tomsbox.co.uk> wrote:

...

the initial issue was caused by systemd trying to load cdemu kernel module which was removed by vmware! once i removed the .conf file from /etc/modules.d/ normality crept back BUT my nic was not being initialised as the r8169 was refusing to load. I then assumed most of my modules were corrupted some how hence why they were failing to load (even modprobe was failing), a possibility that me running vmware-modconfig [...] as stated in my initial post caused this but i have no way to disprove or prove this but i resolved this by re-installing the kernel & headers.

thanks for time taken in reading this.

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 03:31:13PM +0200, Thomas Rand wrote:

...

Hey Archers, my issue begins with me trying to patch vmware for 3.6.3-1-arch I tried using vmware & this told me the modules were not present for 3.6.3 so I went to grab latest from AUR (vmware-patch), the comments on there suggested that the ones for 3.5.x still worked but needed to be rebuilt.

so I read these instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … stallation

I noticed that in the finishing up section it gave a warning that if I update the kernel need too issue the following:

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

so I ran this & tried to run vmplayer this opened but crashed as soon as i tried to play a VM, I then decided that as I had not used it for some time I would just remove it:

vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-player

this finished & so I ran:

pacman -R vmware-patch

all was ok (so I thought) a while later I had to reboot to do something in my win7 install (non volatile) upon completing I rebooted back to arch & now my install refuses to boot & I see:

Failed to start load Kernel Modules [FAILED] see 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details

obviously systemd fall's over & offers to enter password or control-D to continue

well the system refuses to go any further & locks up totally (no flashing kbd lights like a panic though!) the exact same happens when I boot the fallback kernel

I can chroot into it using the old media (CORE 2011.08.19) which is the most recent I have, whilst chrooted in I thought perhaps the old vmware modules did not get removed correctly so I blacklisted them in:

/etc/modprobe.d/vmware.conf

blacklist vmmon [...]

I have managed to get into the system using the following boot parameter:

systemd.unit=rescue.target

I then ran:

systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service

this provided the default message about the service not starting but no reason why or what caused it to fail

So any advice or way forward would be appreciated as I am totally lost & have googled everything I can think of which may help but this is the first time I have b0rk3d the modules & am lost as to what to do.

-- Regards Thomas Rand

Good to know, I use VMware on one install, thanks for posting this :)

no worries glad my post has helped someone else :)