On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 22:27, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > /etc/modules is used by Debian to manually add modules the user/sysadmin > wishes to load at boot time. After adding them, you then run > 'update-modules' as root, which reads this, as well as some files in > /etc/modutils/, to *create* /etc/modules.conf. (This script is run as > part of /etc/init.d/modutils at boot time, in case you're wondering why > you haven't run it yourself and things still worked.) > > There's a lot more to it, and this answer is definitely a bit > simplistic, but it's the basic idea -- and it's why you don't need to > (and *SHOULDN'T*) mess with /etc/modules.conf in Debian. > > -- > Matthew Weier O'Phinney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Hi Matthew, Thx for the answer ! So you're telling me that I should run update-modules whenever I modify /etc/modules ? Since I've never done that after a modif. , I guess I was simply lucky to keep my system up and (at least looking to be) properly running ? Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
