basically run /sbin/modconf whatever modules you add here will load at bootup -- the straightforward way is to add your modules to /etc/modules (but i'm not sure about options here)
hth, vester On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Chris Kenrick wrote: > I've managed to get sound working on an SB16 sound card (manually modprobing > from the command line works), but I'm having trouble trying to get it to > load at bootup. Yes, I did run update-modules after each change... but > after reboot no sound drivers are present according to lsmod, and dmesg > shows no sound-related messages. Must be some nuance I'm missing here... > > /etc/modutils/sb looks as follows... > options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 > alias sound sb > > > /etc/modules.conf is: > ### This file is automatically generated by update-modules > # > # Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add > # anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read > # the manpage for update-modules. > # > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/0keep > # DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! > # This file is not marked as conffile to make sure if you upgrade modutils > # it will be restored in case some modifications have been made. > # > # The keep command is necessary to prevent insmod and friends from ignoring > # the builtin defaults of a path-statement is encountered. Until all other > # packages use the new `add path'-statement this keep-statement is essential > # to keep your system working > keep > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/0keep > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/aliases > # Aliases to tell insmod/modprobe which modules to use > > # Uncomment the network protocols you don't want loaded: > # alias net-pf-1 off # Unix > # alias net-pf-2 off # IPv4 > # alias net-pf-3 off # Amateur Radio AX.25 > # alias net-pf-4 off # IPX > # alias net-pf-5 off # DDP / appletalk > # alias net-pf-6 off # Amateur Radio NET/ROM > # alias net-pf-9 off # X.25 > # alias net-pf-10 off # IPv6 > # alias net-pf-11 off # ROSE / Amateur Radio X.25 PLP > # alias net-pf-19 off # Acorn Econet > > alias char-major-10-130 softdog > alias char-major-10-175 agpgart > alias char-major-81 bttv > alias char-major-108 ppp_generic > alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic > alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async > alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty > alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp > alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate > alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate > > # Crypto modules (see http://www.kerneli.org/) > alias loop-xfer-gen-0 loop_gen > alias loop-xfer-3 loop_fish2 > alias loop-xfer-gen-10 loop_gen > alias cipher-2 des > alias cipher-3 fish2 > alias cipher-4 blowfish > alias cipher-6 idea > alias cipher-7 serp6f > alias cipher-8 mars6 > alias cipher-11 rc62 > alias cipher-15 dfc2 > alias cipher-16 rijndael > alias cipher-17 rc5 > > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/aliases > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/eepro > options eepro io=0x210 irq=10 > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/eepro > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/paths > # This file contains a list of paths that modprobe should scan, > # beside the once that are compiled into the modutils tools > # themselves. > > # This used to be quite a list, but upstream merged some Debian patches > # so we currently don't need to do anything here > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/paths > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/sb > options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 > alias sound sb > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/sb > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/setserial > # > # This is what I wanted to do, but logger is in /usr/bin, which isn't loaded > # when the module is first loaded into the kernel at boot time! > # > #post-install serial /etc/init.d/setserial start | logger -p daemon.info -t > "set > serial-module reload" > #pre-remove serial /etc/init.d/setserial stop | logger -p daemon.info -t > "setser > ial-module uload" > post-install serial /etc/init.d/setserial modload > /dev/null 2> /dev/null > pre-remove serial /etc/init.d/setserial modsave > /dev/null 2> /dev/null > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/setserial > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/arch/i386 > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > alias char-major-10-144 nvram > alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout > alias char-major-10-135 rtc > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/arch/i386 > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >