Re: HELP!! Criticle Xserver errors

[Adam Done <mlist@donestudios.com>]

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 07:29, Sebastian Henschel wrote:
> hallo adam...
> 
> * Adam Done <mlist@donestudios.com> [2004-07-22 08:59 +0200]:
> 
> > The only thing now is with the 2.4 kernels to install a
> > module durring bootup I would put
> > 
> > alias apgpart
> > 
> > in the /etc/modules file and modprobe inserts it to the kernel.  Now
> > with 2.6 I tried to make a file in /etc/modprobe.d char wiht the alias
> > apgpart and I get errors when I boot.  I am at loss to how to install
> > modules I want when booting up. Everything I have read has shown how to
> > migrate/compile a 2.6 kernel but I am not understand how the 2.6 kernl
> > works from the 2.4.
> 
> hm, i did not know that "alias <modulename>" ever worked in
> /etc/modules. just putting the name of the module in a single line
> should do the job∴
> 
> cat /etc/modules

Thanks, that worked like a charm.  All this time I have been using
/etc/modules wrong but it worked I guess on a fluke.  The powerbook is
set up running an accelerated x server with dri now to get the desktop
to do the same.



> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
> #
> # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
> # to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
> # a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.
> 
> agpgart
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> hth,
>  sebastian