RE: newbie question.
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Christian Pernegger wrote:
>
> >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 01:45:00PM +0200, Robert Varga wrote:
>
> > The debian cd should contain the rtl8139.o file. It should install it, if
> > you select the rtl8139 module during the kernel module configuration phase
> > of the installing. If you want to reconfigure the installed modules of the
> > installation, you need to start from install the base system menu item.
>
> Ah, I don't want to be such a wiseguy, but I'm quite sure that _all_ modules
> are installed regardless of what you select at install time.
I guess it's so. But then why did he not find it there? I have the
rlt8139.o in there.
>
> The selection interface is just the program modconf, which you can rerun
> anytime. If a module is compiled at all in the debian standard kernel, it will
> show up there (under net)
>
That's good to know. I used to forget to select some modules during
install, and after the next install phase the menu would not call the
module reconfiguration.
> I do not know what things modconf does, but it does add a line for the module
> to /etc/modules.
>
Yes, if you selected the module.
Robert
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