On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 10:08, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Greg C. Madden (gomadtroll@gci.net) [020703 11:01]: > > On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 08:31, Armenteros Roberto wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > I am new to debian and the first dificulty I found > > > was choosing the kernel modules i wanted to install > > > during the installation process. It gives me a whole > > > bunch of mudules but I dont get a clear description of > > > what they do. I really want to have an efficient > > > kernel, but I am affraid I am going to miss some > > > modules that would be useful to my system. Where can I > > > find a description of these modules or which of these > > > modules are a must? I would appreciate your help > > > during my transition from FreeBSD to Debian. > > > > > > Thanks a lot, Roberto > > > > I don't have the answer you want, but, the modules will still be > > available for use after the install. They will be in > > '/lib/module/<kernel-version>' I believe during install the choice is > > for inclusion into the kernel or not. > > This process is called "modconf". The modules you select are loaded > immediately and the appropriate config files are updated so that they > will be loaded each time the system boots. > > Generally, you only need modules for hardware you have installed. For > example, a NIC or a sound card or something. If you need to add > something later, you can always run modconf again after completing your > install. I remember the first time I installed Debian I ended up > reinstalling it a few times because I didn't know how to re-call things > like modconf and dselect without just re-running the installer. (That > was my first Linux install, around 1997 or so. Since, I ran around the > block with RedHat and whatnot, but have happily returned to the One True > Distro.) > > good times, > Vineet Thanks, I had completely forgotten about 'modconf' I just added a pci soundcard, sounblaster 16, uses modules: es1371, ac97_codec & soundcore. It doesn't appear to me that modconf can modify either of '/etc/modutils/xxxx' or '/etc/modules.conf' . It seems that the entries in '/etc/modutils/xxxx' (i.e. xxxx= alias,actions,paths, setserial, etc) are the result of running some other config tool, not sure what but I know 'kudzu & sndconfig' will add a config file to ~/modutils/xxxx. setserial probably writes the setserial entry... Oh, I just figured it out :) 'modconf' adds 'modules to be loaded at boot time' to the '/etc/modules' file, apparently nothing to do with /etc/modules.conf ? Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
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