/etc/modules does not exists
Title: /etc/modules does not exists Hello, I'm using potato with a 2.4.12 kernel. At boot time, I can see a message like this one : #dmesg ... cat /etc/modules: no such file ... I don't remember having deleted this file but, indeed, this file is absent from my system. I found in a debian FAQ (http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.html#s-modules) some information about this file that seems to be important. Does this file come with a special package ? Could someone tell me the structure, permissions, ownership of this file. Is is possible to generate this file or do I have to do it by hand ? It would be nice to recieve a /etc/modules in order to take a look at it :) Thanks in advance. -- Pascal Thivent
PCI USB card
Title: PCI USB card Hi all, I've got an old PC with no USB ports and I don't want to get a whole new motherboard. I've got a free PCI slot, so I'm looking to one of the several USB port adaptor cards that are now available. "One such is Skymaster's masterfully titled "PCI to USB card", which gives you two USB ports, just like those provided on current motherboards, and works in any PC with a USB-aware operating system." Does anyone have already tested one of this card under linux ? Do I a need a special driver for the pci usb card ? are there special requirements ? Thanks in advance -- Pascal
RE: Distro's
Title: RE: Distro's GNU/Linux is a monolithic kernel while the HURD is based on GNU Mach, the microkernel of the GNU system. The Hurd is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement services. See : http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/gnumach.html > LINUX: (or GNU/Linux) Operating system based on Linus Torvalds' free > Unix-like kernel > > HURD: (or GNU/Hurd) Operating system based on the FSF's work and the > Mach microkernel > > I'm not terribly clear on what the functional differences between > Linux and the Hurd are, only that they're Not The Same (TM). The FSF > wants you to call Linux GNU/Linux since it's the GNU userspace on top > of the Linux kernel, as distinguished from GNU, which is the GNU > userspace on top of the GNU Hurd kernel. >
