Boot failed because of fuse

[PascalTurbo]

Hi There,

after a reboot my server won't come up anymore.

The main-message is "Failed to start load kernel modules". After some investigation I found out, that fuse won't come up.

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# modprobe fuse
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert `fuse`: Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

See https://postimg.org/image/qiibi2cjr/ for a screenshot of dmesg output.

I'm running Kernel 3.16.0-4-amd64 but have also tried 3.2.0-4-amd64

Any suggestions how to get my system up and running again?

Bests
Chris

[debiman]

maybe:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=failed+to+sta ... tr_prepare
first result?

[PascalTurbo]

Am I right that this solution would be to recompile the ext4 module?

I have no Idea where to start. The first question would be: Where to get the source?
And then, as far as I know, I will have to recompile the whole kernel. Right?

[debiman]

i don't know.
the error message doesn't seem to be specific, i.e. it looks like it can come up in many different contexts.

i couldn't see anything for the exact error message:
"fuse: Unknown symbol setattr_prepare (err 0)"
try entering that as a search term, with the quotes ...

but take a step back:

- what hardware (pref. with lspci ouput)
- what exactly have you installed - tell us everything, and anything out of the ordinary
- when have you installed and since when does boot fail
- what happened prior to error? i.e. before the last reboot?

[Segfault]

I started rolling my own kernels in 1997, I have to say the only reason I've ever seen for "unknown symbol" error when inserting modules is the offending module is not compiled against running kernel. Either the version does not match or kernel configuration has been changed and kernel rebuilt without rebuilding the modules.
In other words, your kernel and modules are "out of sync".