Re: Kernel 2.6.12-1-686

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Wednesday 03 August 2005 09:04, Philipp Kern wrote:
>On Aug 3, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Philip Pinkerton wrote:
>> modprobe  /lib/modules/2.6.12.3-1-686/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/
>> psmouse.ko
>> FATAL: Module /lib/modules/2.6.12.3_1_686/kernel/drivers/input/
>> mouse/psmouse.ko not found
>
>Apart from the wrong quoting and the caps... IIRC `modprobe' wants a
>module name, not a full path. That's what you need to pass to
>`insmod'. modprobe converts the underscores to normal dashes because
>it does so for module names, you won't find one with a dash in it
>within your module directory.
>
>Kind regards,
>Philipp Kern

Humm, maybe this explains why there have been times when I had to cd 
to the dir the module lived in and then done a 
'modprobe ./name-of-module.ko' to get it to work.

Does modprobe need a bandaid?


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