also sprach Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> [2002.03.26.2015 +0100]: > >depmod -a is run at every boot. > > I though depmod just when through my list of modules to find the > dependencies -- so that if I say load module modprobe foo it would know to > load module bar first, if foo depended on bar. correct. > Let's say my I have a kernel without any modules -- everything compiled in. > If I then move to a modular kernel with, say, my NIC driver as a module > how does the new kernel know to load that module without me telling it? it does not. however, a non-modular kernel will not complain about an entry like this in /etc/modutils/local.net: alias eth0 3c59x and if you enable kmod, then you don't have to use /etc/modules > Don't I need to run modconf first? if you choose to go that way. i am the wrong person to talk to since i don't like modconf and /etc/modules. they are kind of unnecessary... and host of problems like this one... > And going the other way, if I move from a module "m" to compiled in "y", > then I assume if my old /etc/modules says to load that module it will see > that it's already compiled in somehow? it'll give you an error message about not being able to find the module, but that's about it. purely cosmetic. > I posted a week or so for a pointer that explains /etc/modules and > /etc/modules.conf and how it all works, but without response. Something > that steps me though what happens at boot. have a look at the modules HOWTO at linuxdoc.org. /etc/modules is simply a file listing one module a line to be loaded at startup. /etc/init.d/modutils will do the actual work of loading the modules according to this file. it's started from /etc/rcS.d/S20modutils during bootup. > No, it's only provided by Nvidia. I just followed the instructions at the > Nvidia site: > > http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux > http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1.0-2802/README > > Which is: > > Instructions for the Impatient: > > $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz > $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz > $ cd NVIDIA_kernel > $ make install > $ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX > $ make install ugh! closed source. > :/lib/modules/2.4.17/kernel$ find . <list snipped> none of these modules are kernel essential and you will be able to boot into the console at least even after rm -rf /lib/modules/2.4.17. don't do that though. in the future, please honour my Mail-Followup-To header and don't reply to me personally and the list. just the list will do! -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck the only real advantage to punk music is that nobody can whistle it.
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