Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-14 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 09:19:33AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Tools like hotplug and discover automatically load modules as necessary. > It's just that sometimes they miss a needed module, and that's why you > need to add them to /etc/modules to get them loaded. In addition, if modprobe loads a

Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-14 Thread Robert Parker
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 00:19, Kent West wrote: > Robert Parker wrote: > >That's dealt with the actual problem, but I notice that lsmod gives me 27 > >lines of modules, there are just 2 modules in my /etc/modules. > > Where/when/how do the other 25 modules get installed? Only 1 of the first

Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-14 Thread Kent West
Robert Parker wrote: That's dealt with the actual problem, but I notice that lsmod gives me 27 lines of modules, there are just 2 modules in my /etc/modules. Where/when/how do the other 25 modules get installed? Only 1 of the first 5 appears in /etc/modules.conf. Tools like hotplug and disco

Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-14 Thread Robert Parker
On Tuesday 14 September 2004 13:08, Pigeon wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 10:16:53AM +1000, Robert Parker wrote: > > As root > > On a Woody system 2.4 series kernel. > > > > modprobe apm > > the module installs and is in the lsmod list but does not persist through > > a boot. > > > > insmod apm >

Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-14 Thread Robert Parker
On Tuesday 14 September 2004 10:17, Steven Jones wrote: > try typing modconf and pic the module to install it. > > regards > > Steven I did try modconf and did not find 'apm', however echo apm >> /etc/modules as shown in another post has done the trick. Thanks Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-13 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 10:16:53AM +1000, Robert Parker wrote: > As root > On a Woody system 2.4 series kernel. > > modprobe apm > the module installs and is in the lsmod list but does not persist through a > boot. > > insmod apm > same story. > > So what command should I use to have apm instal

Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-13 Thread Kent West
Robert Parker wrote: As root On a Woody system 2.4 series kernel. modprobe apm the module installs and is in the lsmod list but does not persist through a boot. insmod apm same story. So what command should I use to have apm installed on boot? I guess a second question is why have 2 commands doin

Re: Confused about modules

2004-09-13 Thread Adam Aube
Robert Parker wrote: > I guess a second question is why have 2 commands doing the same thing? They don't - modprobe will resolve dependencies; insmod won't. IIRC, modprobe uses insmod to actually load the modules. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

RE: Confused about modules

2004-09-13 Thread Steven Jones
try typing modconf and pic the module to install it. regards Steven -Original Message- From: Robert Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2004 12:17 p.m. To: Debian User Subject: Confused about modules As root On a Woody system 2.4 series kernel. modprobe apm th