On 2006-11-11, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Mertens Bram wrote: > >Background: My laptop (Acer Aspire 5602WLMi) has an ipw3945 wireless > >card. I have been succesful in compiling the driver needed for this > >card and I can connect to my AP. However I still have to load the > >driver from the source directory using './load debug=0' because > >modprobe cannot find the module (driver): > ># /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 > >FATAL: Module ipw3945 not found. > > > >I (obviously) get the same error at boot time. > > > >According to the ipw3945 documentation I had to copy the ipw3945.ko > >file to /lib/modules/$(uname -r) but that does not appear to be enough > >(for Debian?). The documentation I can find on modules (modprobe, > >modutils, etc.) in the Debian reference, the Debian wiki and > >google/linux appears to be fragmented, outdated and incomplete. I am > >probably using the wrong keywords but I can't find information on how > >the entire "module system" is working in Debian (or Linux in general). > > > >Where can I find an overview of which components are needed and how > >they work together? How should extra modules like this one be > >installed? > > > >I have found that module-init-tools replaces modutils since kernel > >2.5.48 but I have both on my system: > ># dpkg -l "modu*" | grep ii > >ii module-assistant 0.10.6 tool to make module package > >creation easier > >ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel > >modules > >ii modutils 2.4.27.0-6 Linux module utilities > > > >I have the following configuration files on my system: > ># lh -d /etc/mod* > >drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 384 2006-10-08 17:45 /etc/modprobe.d/ > >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 239 2006-07-28 22:11 /etc/modules > >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 2006-10-08 17:44 /etc/modules.conf > >drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 336 2006-10-08 17:44 /etc/modutils/ > > > >I am running debian testing with a self-compiled kernel. > > > > So did you try putting ipw3945 in /etc/modules?
It is in there. ide_cd, ide_disk and ide_generic were also in there which probably explains the error messages about these modules at boot time as well since these modules are included in the kernel. Regards Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # debian testing kernel 2.6.17-2-686 i686 1024MB RAM # # 14:23:38 up 15 days, 3:56, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.06, 0.02 # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
