On Sunday 16 March 2003 10:55 am, CM Miller wrote: >> yesterday I posted to this list that my modules.conf >> got screwed up somehow and someway. >> >> I could not cat the file, so I used vim and saw this
>You can't cat a text file? What was the result of >trying? If I cat the backup copy of modules.conf, it pukes out as garbage. I could VI the file just fine though. Once I removed those extra lines, then it was ok. >> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc >> alias eth0 3c59x >> alias usb-controller usb-ohci >> alias sound-slot-0 trident >> post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f >> /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : >> pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f >> /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : >> alias sound-slot-1 emu10k1 >> post-install sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f >> /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : >> pre-remove sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f >> /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : >> alias /proc/scsi/imm >> alias /proc/scsi/parport >> alias /lib/modules/2.4.18-26.8.0/kernel/fs/ntfs >> >> >> What the hell are the post-install and pre-remove >> mean? Those lines are normal, they save and restore mixer settings. What lines? I'm talking about the pre-remove and post-install...those can't be normal...cause once I removed them, then all modules loaded back ok. >> alias /proc/scsi/imm >> alias /proc/scsi/parport >> alias /lib/modules/2.4.18-26.8.0/kernel/fs/ntfs THey work fine now and load these modules, unless you can give a better example. >The 3 lines above are invalid, I believe. >alias takes the form of "alias alias_name result" >> Anyway, I backed the file up, deleted those lines and >> then rebooted. All came out fine. >Which, the mixer lines? They shouldn't have caused any >problem. I believe that they did, I removed them and things were then ok. >> How in the hell did that happen? I only added the >> ntfs modules a few weeks ago, so I am still >>scratching >> me head over this and would like to learn from this >> experience. >Had you rebooted since adding the ntfs line to >/etc/modules.conf? Yes, I just rebooted again and everything loaded fine. I still do not understand what happened here which caused it to screw up. - -- - -Michael ===== Winning an argument on the internet is like getting 1st place at the Special Olympics ***************************************** GAIM ID: cmmiller1973 ***************************************** __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
