#1075968 /usr/sbin/discover-modprobe: 63: .: cannot open /etc/default/rcS: No such file

Package:
discover
Source:
discover
Description:
hardware identification system
Submitter:
Chris Hofstaedtler
Date:
2026-06-13 19:19:38 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1075968#5
Date:
2024-07-08 15:04:53 UTC
From:
To:
Running discover-modprobe on a normal install gives:
/usr/sbin/discover-modprobe: 63: .: cannot open /etc/default/rcS: No such file

It would seem this is just plainly broken on systemd systems.

Given I could not find any references to discover-modprobe anywhere,
maybe it can just be removed?

Chris
#1075968#10
Date:
2024-07-08 15:18:32 UTC
From:
To:
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/discover/-/merge_requests/3

Please consider it.

Chris
#1075968#15
Date:
2026-06-13 12:52:12 UTC
From:
To:
Howdy!

Could someone please act upon Chris' merge request towards fixing this issue?

Thanks!
Martin-Éric
#1075968#20
Date:
2026-06-13 13:40:33 UTC
From:
To:
How I wish, people would determine the correct package name for this software
when filing bug reports.
The discover package has nothing to do with this package manager.





Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> wrote (Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:52:12 +0300):
#1075968#29
Date:
2026-06-13 13:51:18 UTC
From:
To:
I really wished that people would think before they reassign a bug.

Which package ships /usr/sbin/discover-modprobe?

Martin-Éric

la 13.6.2026 klo 16.40 Holger Wansing (hwansing@mailbox.org) kirjoitti:
#1075968#34
Date:
2026-06-13 14:52:20 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Martin-Éric

Le 13 juin 2026 15:51:18 GMT+02:00, "Martin-Éric Racine" <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> a écrit :

in this case you're right that the reassign is incorrect.

But since we get a constant stream of bugs incorrectly reported against the discover package when they should be for plasma-discover I would be much more forgiving about the mistake than your message suggests.


Happy hacking !
--
Aurélien
#1075968#39
Date:
2026-06-13 16:19:58 UTC
From:
To:
I wish people would read the bug reports before reassigning.

The report has nothing to do with plasma / the package manager.

Chris
#1075968#44
Date:
2026-06-13 17:37:40 UTC
From:
To:
AFAICS this bug report is really about the d-i discover package.
See the merge request
<https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/discover/-/merge_requests/3>.
#1075968#49
Date:
2026-06-13 18:29:08 UTC
From:
To:
Hi guys,

you are right, my reassignment was wrong. Sorry.
I am bad.

But reality is, that discover's development is stalled for years, and nearly
all of the bugs we receive for it is for plasma-discover.

I will try to find out, if d-i's discover is in use at all, or if it can be
removed from the archive, to get rid of the real reason for this incorrectly
assigned bugs.


Holger
#1075968#56
Date:
2026-06-13 19:16:46 UTC
From:
To:
When I last checked (some years ago now), d-i uses some parts of
discover during the install phase. It however also installs some
discover packages into the target system, and IIRC that could go
without loss of functionality.

But that really needs double-checking, as my memory will certainly
have gone bad over time.

Best,
Chris