Re: discover vs modconf, etc
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On Thursday 04 March 2004 07:53 am, Kent West wrote:
> Didn't know how to title this thread.
> Also didn't find much via google, so asking here.
>
> I've just installed a brand new Debian box using unstable and a
> 2.4.22 kernel.
>
> I thought "discover" was the new-and-coming thing that would
> automagically find that the box has a USB subsystem and a USB mouse,
> but yet "lsmod" and "dmesg" don't show any USB modules/activity until
> I manually (either using "modconf" or "modprobe") add USB-related
> modules.
>
> Am I misunderstanding what "discover" does?
>
> What is the canonical way to set up hardware now-a-days? Am I still
> supposed to add modules manually, or is there some automagic way of
> doing it now? Perhaps this is a feature of 2.6 rather than 2.4? (In
> other words, what's the future of hardware setup on Debian look
> like?)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Kent
Discover & Hotplug were installed on a new Testing install, along with
USB support. Do you have any USB devices attached during the install?
I had a USB mouse attached and it was configured properly. Testing uses
a 2.4.24 kernel. Are you using the new Debian Installer ?
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Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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