On 2006-11-11, Wackojacko wrote: > Mertens Bram wrote: > >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google/linux appears to be fragmented, outdated and incomplete.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 > > > Have you tried running 'depmod' command to rescan modules directory.
No I haven't because I am not sure what it does. I ran accross this command but could not find much documentation about it. Will this have an effect on the other kernels (including ones I will still compile)? TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # debian testing kernel 2.6.17-2-686 i686 1024MB RAM # # 15:30:29 up 15 days, 5:03, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.04, 0.00 # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
