Re: modprobe.conf missing

[Yohann Desquerre <yohann.desquerre@wanadoo.fr>]

Matthijs wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Last morning, I accidently deleted /etc/rc* (great, find-command
> combined with rm -f... ) and decided to start a new installation. I do
> have all the directories /etc, /usr, /var copied to a safe place but
> they don't help me now.
>
> Setup: Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.7, on a Via EPIA M10000 board.
>
> The biggest problem I'm having:
> modconf wasn't installed by default, had to apt-get it myself. Now it
> only complains that modprobe.conf is missing.
>  

you should have the last modules-init-tools package installed...

and the see /usr/share/application/module-init-tools/examples

there is a script which generate the modprobe.conf (you have to gunzip 
him and give the x right !!!)


thanks to Jean-luc coulon which gave me this tips this week in the 
french list !!


> If I do a touch /etc/modprobe.conf, it doesn't complain anymore but
> when I remove some audio modules with modconf, they're automagically
> back after a reboot. I think this may be one of the reasons ALSA won't
> work.
>
> Resources on the internet suggest this 'touch /etc/modprobe.conf' but
> that isn't the solution for me. I also read that modern installations
> don't need it. I also read about using generate-modprobe.conf script,
> but can't find it.
>
> Also, a minor problem: during boot it complains about a missing
> usb_uhci module. I know that this is a leftover from the 2.4 kernel,
> but I can't get rid of it.
>
> Any help, please?
>