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Re: Should users have to manually modprobe to use standard peripherals?



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On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:40:07 +0200, Carl Fink wrote:
> Twice this week, I've had to become superuser and install kernel modules
> manually to make standard peripherals work.  This seems broken to me.

If you always want the module loaded, add its name to /etc/modules, then it'll
automagically get loaded on bootup.  Hotplug's also meant to be able to find
modules as needed.

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