What's the meaning of "modprobe: FATAL: Could not load modules.dep"?

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Issue

  • Need to know the meaning of the message "modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.9.1.el5/modules.dep:No such file or directory" and how to avoid it.
  • The message appears in dmesg.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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