%% Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: es> Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>> 2. which applications use this configuration file? and when? >> only at boot time? Just to be perfectly clear, modules.conf is used to configure loadable _kernel_ modules only. It is not used for _any_ userspace applications. >> 3. how is it generated? es> you can edit it using your prefered editor (or other text es> editor:-), some programs also change stuff in there, in debian it es> is generated using info from various packages that provide device es> drivers (e.g. alsa) In Debian (2.2, anyway) you shouldn't ever edit this file by hand... as stated in the comments at the top. Go to /etc/modutils and edit the component files there (and/or add new ones if you like), and then run update-modules to re-create the /etc/modules.conf file. See the man page for update-modules for more details. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
