Sarge: can't change modules.conf, and can't change it the other way either

2007-02-19 Thread Carl Fink
So, after not looking at it for literally years, I want to have apache load some more modules. I go to edit modules.conf and the top says: # Autogenerated file - do not edit! # This file is maintained by the apache package. # To update it, run the command: #/usr/sbin/modules-config apache

modules.conf

2005-11-24 Thread dzpost
Can someone please explain the correct usage of /etc/modules.conf (in sarge)? In my modules.conf file it says: # Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add # anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read # the manpage for update-modules. The

[pre|post]-install in modules.conf don't work

2005-05-26 Thread jpahka
Hello, I'm running debian unstable and I can't seem to make pre- and post-install directives in modules.conf work. For example, I have the following lines that worked in my fedora box in /etc/modutils/lirc (and modules.conf) to make serial ir-dongle work with lirc: alias cha

What entries to put in modules.conf for webcam?

2004-06-09 Thread Khurram Ahmed
ng X11 display :0.0 dga: version 2.0 mode: 1024x768, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=4096, base=0xd800 can't open /dev/video0: No such device At this point i am wondering if this has something to do with /etc/modules.conf file. I mean it has no entries in there as of now dealing with 'vide

Re: modules.conf equivalence for non-modules

2004-01-21 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
ut how to make > aliases like in /etc/modules.conf for non modules (i.e. compiled > in the kernel). > > thank you, > > -- > Abdul Latip - Junior Staff - http://people.WebIndonesia.com/dullatip/ - > - Dear IETF: I want back my X.400 under X.25 or CLNP spam free mailer! - &g

Re: modules.conf equivalence for non-modules

2004-01-21 Thread David Z Maze
Abdul Latip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to know where to get information about how to make > aliases like in /etc/modules.conf for non modules (i.e. compiled > in the kernel). Mostly you don't; the only way to configure drivers built into the kernel is by passi

modules.conf equivalence for non-modules

2004-01-20 Thread Abdul Latip
Hi, I would like to know where to get information about how to make aliases like in /etc/modules.conf for non modules (i.e. compiled in the kernel). thank you, -- Abdul Latip - Junior Staff - http://people.WebIndonesia.com/dullatip/ - - Dear IETF: I want back my X.400 under X.25 or CLNP spam

Re: /etc/mtab & /etc/modules.conf warning messages on startup

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > I get the following two warning messages on startup. > 1) warning: cannot open /etc/mtab. no such file or directory > and > 2) warning: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > /lib/modules/2.4.18-686/modules.dep... I have not tracked down either of thos

/etc/mtab & /etc/modules.conf warning messages on startup

2003-08-21 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
I get the following two warning messages on startup. 1) warning: cannot open /etc/mtab. no such file or directory and 2) warning: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.18-686/modules.dep... AFAIC, /etc/mtab is created on startup. Then why the warning in first place? In the

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-22 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"J" == J F Gratton writes: J> I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently J> but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. J> All I did so far to get modules to load and to work was to put J> them into /etc/modules.

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-21 Thread Colin Watson
; 'update-modules' as root, which reads this, as well as some files in > > /etc/modutils/, to *create* /etc/modules.conf. (This script is run as > > part of /etc/init.d/modutils at boot time, in case you're wondering why > > you haven't run it yourself and things s

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread John Schmidt
;update-modules' as root, which reads this, as well as > > some files in /etc/modutils/, to *create* /etc/modules.conf. (This > > script is run as part of /etc/init.d/modutils at boot time, in case > > you're wondering why you haven't run it yourself and things still &

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
karounds or not using my system effeciently but > >>I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. > >> > >>All I did so far to get modules to load and to work was to put them into > >>/etc/modules. > >> > >>For instance: on a 2.

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Russell Shaw
Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: -- J.F.Gratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 20 February 2003, 09:53 PM -0500): I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. All I did so far to get modules to

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread J.F.Gratton
/etc/modutils/, to *create* /etc/modules.conf. (This script is run as > part of /etc/init.d/modutils at boot time, in case you're wondering why > you haven't run it yourself and things still worked.) > > There's a lot more to it, and this answer is definitely a bit >

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Russell Shaw
J.F.Gratton wrote: Good evening, I might have missed that one, concerning /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and modutils.. What does what in there ? I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. All I did so far t

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- J.F.Gratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 20 February 2003, 09:53 PM -0500): > I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but > I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. > > All I did so far to get modules to load and to wo

/etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread J.F.Gratton
Good evening, I might have missed that one, concerning /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and modutils.. What does what in there ? I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. All I did so far to get modules to loa

Re: relation of /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf

2002-11-24 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Ross" == Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ross> I read the man pages. They didn't answer the questions I Ross> had; the one for modules in particular is quite terse. Yes, they are very terse and things are fairly confusing. When I said "read the manuals for details" I meant j

Re: relation of /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf

2002-11-24 Thread Ross Boylan
I read the man pages. They didn't answer the questions I had; the one for modules in particular is quite terse. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: relation of /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf

2002-11-24 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Ross" == Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ross> What is the relation of /etc/modules to /etc/modules.conf? Ross> Which runs first? /etc/modules.conf controls the behavior of modprobe. /etc/modules is a list of modules loaded at system boot.

relation of /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf

2002-11-24 Thread Ross Boylan
What is the relation of /etc/modules to /etc/modules.conf? Which runs first? Do options in modules.conf get picked up by the modules specified in /etc/modules? Do they get picked up even if the line in /etc/modules specifies some options? Do modules listed in /etc/modules get loaded by modprobe

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than ...

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:38:30PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > > > > > I have been getting this message on bootup > > > > > > Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than ...

2001-11-18 Thread Ian Patrick Thomas
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:38:30PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > > > I have been getting this message on bootup > > > > Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/`uname > > -r`/modules.dep > > > > W

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than ...

2001-11-13 Thread Erik Steffl
Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > I have been getting this message on bootup > > Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/`uname > -r`/modules.dep > > When I check, both have the same creation time. After searching on > geocrawler I found a post

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than ...

2001-11-13 Thread dman
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:57:21PM -0500, Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: | I have been getting this message on bootup | | Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep | Any other suggestions or is this nothing to worry about? Run 'update-modules' as root. -D

/etc/modules.conf is more recent than ...

2001-11-13 Thread Ian Patrick Thomas
I have been getting this message on bootup Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep When I check, both have the same creation time. After searching on geocrawler I found a post where someone put the all the subdirectories of /lib/modules/`uname -r

Re: modules.conf et al.

2001-11-08 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Hullo, > > basically, all i want to do is have my box load the module for > the second NC and assign it /dev/eth1. > > I've read the manpages for modules.conf, update-modules, > read the files themselves as well as anything pre

modules.conf et al.

2001-11-08 Thread schnobs
Hullo, basically, all i want to do is have my box load the module for the second NC and assign it /dev/eth1. I've read the manpages for modules.conf, update-modules, read the files themselves as well as anything present in /etc/modutils. I still have no clue what file I need to chan

Need some Insight-modules/modules.conf age mismatch

2001-09-14 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Dear GURUS, Recently, I have been getting warning messages on bootup that goes something like this: "NOTE: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.19/modules.dep" I have tried running "depmod -a" and "update-modules" without any effect on these mess

Re: /etc/modules vs. kmod/modules.conf

2001-07-06 Thread Joost Kooij
> say. There is no preferred method afaik. If you do not have kmod, then you will need /etc/modules, because /etc/modules.conf is simply not used. Since I use kmod, I create a new file, named /etc/modutils/local, and put my machine's settings in there. Then run update-modules to regene

/etc/modules vs. kmod/modules.conf

2001-07-05 Thread Martin F. Krafft
hey all, just a general question... i usually build my kernels with modules for everything, just like the debian kernel. it's still one kernel per machine, and the few modules i compile are still always loaded, so i don't know why i do so, but i guess it doesn't really matter. however, i have a qu

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

2001-06-24 Thread Duncan Findlay
will dissapear in a few hours. Duncan Findlay - Original Message - From: "Joost Kooij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Balbir Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:31 AM Subject: Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

2001-06-24 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 08:43:56PM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > hi, > I keep getting the following error message at boot time: > > modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > /lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep > > On other occasions it is insmod that issues the mes

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

2001-06-23 Thread ktb
gt; > > > > modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > > > /lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep > > > > > > On other occasions it is insmod that issues the message. I have had this > > > problem since kernel 2.2.17. I am presently running kernel 2

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

2001-06-23 Thread ktb
gt; > > > > modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > > > /lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep > > > > > > On other occasions it is insmod that issues the message. I have had this > > > problem since kernel 2.2.17. I am presently running kernel 2

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

2001-06-23 Thread Balbir Thomas
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 09:04:55PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 08:43:56PM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > > hi, > > I keep getting the following error message at boot time: > > > > modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > > /lib/modu

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

2001-06-23 Thread ktb
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 08:43:56PM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > hi, > I keep getting the following error message at boot time: > > modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > /lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep > > On other occasions it is insmod that issues the mes

/etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

2001-06-23 Thread Balbir Thomas
hi, I keep getting the following error message at boot time: modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep On other occasions it is insmod that issues the message. I have had this problem since kernel 2.2.17. I am presently running kernel 2.4.5 compiled

Re: Getting modules.conf to load sound at startup

2001-06-03 Thread vester
elated messages. Must be some nuance I'm missing here... > > /etc/modutils/sb looks as follows... > options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 > alias sound sb > > > /etc/modules.conf is: > ### This file is automatically generated by update-modules > # > # Please do not e

Re: Getting modules.conf to load sound at startup

2001-06-03 Thread Guy Geens
p. Yes, I did Chris> run update-modules after each change... but after reboot no Chris> sound drivers are present according to lsmod, and dmesg shows Chris> no sound-related messages. Must be some nuance I'm missing Chris> here... The file modules.conf describes the dependencies bet

Getting modules.conf to load sound at startup

2001-06-02 Thread Chris Kenrick
and dmesg shows no sound-related messages. Must be some nuance I'm missing here... /etc/modutils/sb looks as follows... options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 alias sound sb /etc/modules.conf is: ### This file is automatically generated by update-modules # # Please do not edit this file directly.

frustration using /etc/modules.conf & 2.4.4 kernel

2001-05-24 Thread Mithras
command: $SIMULATE modprobe $module -C $Target/etc/modules.conf => modprobe loop -C /etc/modules.conf loop.o is present under /lib/modules/2.4.4, which leads me to suspect that modules.conf should explain why loop.o cannot be found, but snd-ac97-codec can, which also resides under /lib/mod

/etc/modules.conf

2001-04-18 Thread mheyes
Hi, I'm running Debian unstable with a custom kernel and have a couple of questions I hope someone can help with or point me at the right docs. After configuring and installing my new kernel, at boot at get several notes that /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2. */module

modules.conf aliases

2001-03-14 Thread Adam J. Henry
I'm curious to know how one defines new aliases in '/etc/modutils/'. In the past when the kernel fails to load a module that is requested, a message will appear in the system log. I am not receiving any such notification. I assume that the aliases the kernel looks for are kept somewhere by the ke

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2001-02-11 Thread Lyren Brown
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 06:49:53PM -0500 Erik, I found the thread on debian-user where you and others were discussing the problem with timestamps on /etc/modules.conf and /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep: http://lists.debi

modules.conf more recent than modules.dep

2000-12-11 Thread mikpolniak
.too in /etc/modutils and run update-modules to regenerate /etc/modules.conf. The next time i rebooted modprobe said : '/etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/modules.dep modprobe: can't locate module 8139.too'. Now modprobe -l -t net shows t

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread Robert A. Jacobs
(/etc/init.d/modutils) runs > > depmod -a when the machine boots, but it seems that the > > time stamp that results from the new modules.dep file > > being made is incorrect. It appears that the date is > > ok but the time is not, making it appear the modules.dep > > f

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread Robert A. Jacobs
(/etc/init.d/modutils) runs > > depmod -a when the machine boots, but it seems that the > > time stamp that results from the new modules.dep file > > being made is incorrect. It appears that the date is > > ok but the time is not, making it appear the modules.dep > > file

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread Erik Steffl
e stamp that results from the new modules.dep file > being made is incorrect. It appears that the date is > ok but the time is not, making it appear the modules.dep > file may be older than modules.conf. If I run depmod -a > after the machine is up and running, the time/date stamp on

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread tjm
being made is incorrect. It appears that the date is ok but the time is not, making it appear the modules.dep file may be older than modules.conf. If I run depmod -a after the machine is up and running, the time/date stamp on the modules.dep file is correct. Maybe the system time that is used

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than

2000-10-25 Thread Ray Percival
> >> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:17:25AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: >> >> > Oct 25 00:08:06 jojda insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent >> > than /lib/m >> > odules/2.2.17/modules.dep >> > >> > is somewhat troubling me, I

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread Erik Steffl
Philipp Schulte wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:17:25AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > Oct 25 00:08:06 jojda insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent > > than /lib/m > > odules/2.2.17/modules.dep > > > > is somewhat troubling me, I ha

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:17:25AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > Oct 25 00:08:06 jojda insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent > than /lib/m > odules/2.2.17/modules.dep > > is somewhat troubling me, I have fairly plain debian unstable install, > why do I get the message

insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread Erik Steffl
the message in subject: Oct 25 00:08:06 jojda insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/m odules/2.2.17/modules.dep is somewhat troubling me, I have fairly plain debian unstable install, why do I get the message? I tried to figure out why is the /etc/modules.conf newer than

Re: {BIG MISTAKE} - what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Arcadio A. Sincero Jr.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: >ok, so modules.conf is created by a call to update-modules. >suppose i compile a new kernel. where along the process is conf.modules >updated? all i ever see 'make modules' do is compile, and 'make >mo

Re: {BIG MISTAKE} - what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
ok, so modules.conf is created by a call to update-modules. suppose i compile a new kernel. where along the process is conf.modules updated? all i ever see 'make modules' do is compile, and 'make modules_install' simply moves stuff around. surely, this file has to

Re: {BIG MISTAKE} - what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Moritz Schulte
"Matthias Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I´m so sorry! I exchanged /etc/modules.conf with /etc/modules! Forget my > last mail. It has nothing to do with your questions! To /etc/modules.conf i > only can write, that it includes some aliases for work with the system. I

Re: {BIG MISTAKE} - what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Matthias Mann
Hello again dear Peter! I´m so sorry! I exchanged /etc/modules.conf with /etc/modules! Forget my last mail. It has nothing to do with your questions! To /etc/modules.conf i only can write, that it includes some aliases for work with the system. I mean that this aliases will be needed for kernel

Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: es> Peter Jay Salzman wrote: >> 2. which applications use this configuration file? and when? >> only at boot time? Just to be perfectly clear, modules.conf is used to configure loadable _kernel_ modules only. It is not use

Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Erik Steffl
Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > i've never got this straight -- > > 1. what is modules.conf? what is it used for? various information about modules, for example options (which irq to use etc.), you can also turn off the modules (for example if kernels looks for modules you do

Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i've never got this straight -- >1. what is modules.conf? what is it used for? The main configuration file for kernel modules. Defines aliases and options used when loading modules. >2. which a

Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Matthias Mann
Hi Peter! /etc/modules.conf includes all the names of modules, they are installed into your kernel. I´m not shure whether modconf has generated this file. But modconf will write into it by selecting a module to put it into the kernel. The kernel reads this file to see which modules shall be load

what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i've never got this straight -- 1. what is modules.conf? what is it used for? 2. which applications use this configuration file? and when? only at boot time? 3. how is it generated? always wanted to know this... thanks! pete

Re: indmod -> modules.conf translator

2000-09-07 Thread David Z. Maze
Brien writes: MO> I've tried several different variations on getting my sound card MO> driver to correctly initialize thru /etc/modules.conf. I still have MO> not figured out a good way to do so. MO> MO> However, I can manually install the sound driver using the following:

indmod -> modules.conf translator

2000-09-07 Thread Michael O'Brien
Hola~ I've tried several different variations on getting my sound card driver to correctly initialize thru /etc/modules.conf. I still have not figured out a good way to do so. However, I can manually install the sound driver using the following: modprobe sound insmod ad1848 i

Re: modules.conf vs conf.modules

2000-07-28 Thread Kent West
"David Z. Maze" wrote: > > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > KW> Is there a plain-english ("for dummies") page somewhere that > KW> explains how modules work (modutils vs /etc/modules vs kmod vs > KW> kerneld vs conf.modules vs modules.conf

Re: modules.conf vs conf.modules

2000-07-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > However, I don't have an "/etc/conf.modules" file on my system. I do > have an "/etc/conf.modules.old" and an "/etc/modules.conf". So my basic > question still stands. Which file is to be used? The documentatio

Re: modules.conf vs conf.modules

2000-07-27 Thread David Z. Maze
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KW> Is there a plain-english ("for dummies") page somewhere that KW> explains how modules work (modutils vs /etc/modules vs kmod vs KW> kerneld vs conf.modules vs modules.conf vs /etc/modutils/ vs auto KW> vs specific items in /

Re: modules.conf vs conf.modules

2000-07-27 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Can I delete my "/etc/conf.modules.old" file without worry? > yep, i have not had one for some time. There is no standard as of yet. When the LSB (Linux Standards Base) gets ratified we may have to revisit this issue. If documentation confuses you, please mail the maintainer and ask for t

Re: modules.conf vs conf.modules

2000-07-27 Thread Kent West
vs > > /etc/modules vs kmod vs kerneld vs conf.modules vs modules.conf vs > > /etc/modutils/ vs auto vs specific items in /etc/modules vs compile-in > > vs Godzilla vs Buck Rogers in the 23rd Century)? > > > > update-modules is the key component. Documentation for Debian and

RE: modules.conf vs conf.modules

2000-07-27 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> Can anyone verify that this is the case? Add any info? Which should I > use on my system? Do I have a choice? Is there a plain-english ("for > dummies") page somewhere that explains how modules work (modutils vs > /etc/modules vs kmod vs kerneld vs conf.modules vs modules.c

modules.conf vs conf.modules

2000-07-27 Thread Kent West
Okay, I'm been looking off-and-on for weeks, and in earnest for the past hour, and maybe I'm just blind and/or stupid, but I can not find an explanation of the difference between conf.modules and modules.conf. I think maybe that conf.modules is the official name (according to some Linux

Re: problems with "options" in modules.conf

2000-06-29 Thread David Wright
Quoting Oreste Salerno ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > 2.2.15 code is the same as the 2.2.10, as what regards this part. Adding > these extra printk showed me that the string ignore is composed only by the > first word, even if actually there are more than one. i.e if i put: > > options ignore='aa hdb h

Re: problems with "options" in modules.conf

2000-06-29 Thread Oreste Salerno
On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 07:11:00PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > then my reaction would be to put an > extra printk or two into the kernel source and see what it's actually > doing. > > 2.2.10 has: > > MOD_INC_USE_COUNT; > printk("ide-cd: will ignore %s\n", ignore); <- >

Re: problems with "options" in modules.conf

2000-06-28 Thread David Wright
y from > > > the command line: > > > > > > modprobe ide-cd ignore='hdb hdc' > > > > Perhaps it's just that the kernel source is not Debianised. > > > What do you mean? Only that the filename chosen for conf.modules or modules.conf is n

Re: problems with "options" in modules.conf

2000-06-27 Thread Brad
On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 02:45:35PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > > Take a look at /etc/conf.modules (not modules.conf) and then Note that it actually is modules.conf if you're using modutils since 2.3.4 (2.3.5-1 was the first deb with this changes, if i read the changelogs correct

Re: problems with "options" in modules.conf

2000-06-27 Thread Oreste Salerno
de-cd ignore='hdb hdc' > > Perhaps it's just that the kernel source is not Debianised. > What do you mean? > Take a look at /etc/conf.modules (not modules.conf) and then > follow the comments, There's no /etc/conf.modules in Debian 2.2, at least not in my /etc d

Re: problems with "options" in modules.conf

2000-06-27 Thread David Wright
de-cd.c it's written that I should put in modules.conf: > > options ide-cd ignore='hdb hdc' > > and that's what I did. The problem is that ide-cd only ignores hdb, but > still recognizes hdc. This thing does not happen if I write, directly from > the command li

problems with "options" in modules.conf

2000-06-27 Thread Oreste Salerno
Hi people, I have a quite strange problem with the Debian potato: I want my cdrom reader and writer (hdb and hdc) to be ignored by the ide-cd module driver, in order to activate for them the ide-scsi module and use as normal SCSI devices. In ide-cd.c it's written that I should put in modules

post-install in modules.conf problem

2000-06-15 Thread Nicholay P.Chuprynin
Hello, All! I have a strange problem with post-install directive in /etc/modules.conf In my modules.conf I have the following lines: alias net-pf-4 ipx post-install ipx /etc/init.d/ipx start but it doesn't work as expected, e.g. ipx.o module gets loaded, but ipx stays unconfigured. The

modules.dep is older than modules.conf

2000-02-14 Thread Roy Pluschke
ot scripts don't set the my system to local time (pst) before depmod is run. Should this be considered a bug and reported?? As a temp solution I set the time stamp for modules.conf to a earlier date. Roy Pluschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: New modules.conf + sound...

1999-10-28 Thread Graham Ashton
I'm not on the debian list at the moment, but have just been searching the archives. I noticed your messages which looked like they would solve my (exact same) problem [potato + 2.2.13 + all updates]; -- In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >/lib/modules/2.2.10/misc/sound.o: invalid paramete

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/mo

1999-10-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Oct-99 Martin Fluch wrote: > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> > On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 01:25:50AM -0400, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: >> >> This is a know bug in the modutils package. See the bugs page on >> >> this. >> > >> > Where is this bugs page? >> >> I could not find it ei

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep

1999-10-22 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
> > Solution is to add the file /etc/modutils/paths and add > > entries for each one of subdirectories under /lib/modules/2.2.12/. > > Are there any more specific docs to read about setting up this file? See the man page modules.conf(5). The only change for Debian is that this f

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep

1999-10-22 Thread Martin Fluch
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Solution is to add the file /etc/modutils/paths and add > > entries for each one of subdirectories under /lib/modules/2.2.12/. > > Are there any more specific docs to read about setting up this file? man modules.conf Martin -

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/mo

1999-10-22 Thread Martin Fluch
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Pollywog wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 01:25:50AM -0400, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > >> This is a know bug in the modutils package. See the bugs page on > >> this. > > > > Where is this bugs page? > > I could not find it either, though I did find one that seemed to be

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/mo

1999-10-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Oct-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the prompt reply. > I have a few more questions if you are willing to answer them. > > On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 01:25:50AM -0400, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: >> This is a know bug in the modutils package. See the bugs page on >> this. >

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep

1999-10-22 Thread bwarsing
Hi, Thanks for the prompt reply. I have a few more questions if you are willing to answer them. On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 01:25:50AM -0400, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > This is a know bug in the modutils package. See the bugs page on > this. Where is this bugs page? > Solution is to add the file

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep

1999-10-22 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have only recently upgraded my kernel to 2.2.12. > The error below is returned after trying to install a new module: > > Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep > opl3sa: dma, irq and io mu

/etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep

1999-10-22 Thread bwarsing
Hi, I have only recently upgraded my kernel to 2.2.12. The error below is returned after trying to install a new module: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep opl3sa: dma, irq and io must be set. /lib/modules/2.2.12/misc/opl3sa.o: init_module: Device or

RE: Re: New modules.conf + sound...

1999-10-20 Thread Chris Mayes
--Original Message-- From: Lee Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: October 20, 1999 12:02:00 AM GMT Subject: Re: New modules.conf + sound... /* it seems the new version of modutils now tries to pass io=0x220 directly to sound.o (which it doesn't directly support) Try com

Re: New modules.conf + sound...

1999-10-20 Thread Lee Maguire
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >/lib/modules/2.2.10/misc/sound.o: invalid parameter parm_io >After a quick search, I have not yet found where sound.o is handed a parm_io >parameter (I could just be totally misinterpreting the error). the parm_io refers to the io=0x220 in your modules

New modules.conf + sound...

1999-10-19 Thread Chris Mayes
Hi. Well, after running another system upgrade a couplea days ago (on Potato, of course), I seem to have broken my sound configuration again. I am not sure if it was this upgrade or a previous one that shifted module configuration from conf.modules to modules.conf (or whatever they're c