[NBLUG/talk] Module loading/unloading in Debian?

[E Frank Ball]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:51:06PM -0800, Lincoln Peters wrote:
} When I used Red Hat Linux, I found that kernel modules just seemed to
} work.  If I had a piece of hardware I wanted to use, and the kernel
} driver for it was available as a module, it seemed to work whenever I
} used it.  But something about Debian ("sarge") is different.
} 
} Having built a 2.6 kernel with lots of modules this afternoon, it has
} become quite clear that I'm missing something about handling modules in
} Debian.  I find that I have to use the "modprobe" command more than a
} few times whenever I start the computer just so that my floppy drive,
} Ethernet card, etc., will function when I start any real work.


Add the names of the required modules to /etc/modules and debian will
load them at boot time.

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com