On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:58:12PM -0500, J.F.Gratton wrote: > 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. > > Hi Matthew, > > Thx for the answer ! > > So you're telling me that I should run update-modules whenever I modify > /etc/modules ?
No, this is unnecessary. You need to run update-modules after modifying anything in /etc/modutils, but /etc/modules is *not* used to create /etc/modules.conf. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
