Re: Should users have to manually modprobe to use standard peripherals?
On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 09:53:42AM +0000, Stephen Patterson wrote:
> 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.
I know. I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about "naive users". In any
case, making people do unnecessary work is bad in general.
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Carl Fink carl@fink.to
If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be.
-Bruce Tognazzini
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