Re: loading module on boot

[Bob McGowan <bob_mcgowan@symantec.com>]

I would suggest looking into the /etc/rc?.d directories and determine 
what sequence of scripts is run as your system boots.  On my system, the 
module-init-tools script is run from /etc/rcS.d as S20module-init-tools. 
 You could add this to the beginning of each subsequent script:

  lsmod|grep -q ide_cd || echo lost it in $0

to figure out when in the sequence it disappears.  This should narrow 
down where you need to look.

Bob

Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 09:58:28 -0400, David Zelinsky wrote:
>
> > Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> writes:
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 00:18:26 -0400, David Zelinsky wrote:
> > > [..]
> > >
> > > > The ide-cd entry in /etc/modules-2.6 _is_ getting read, because it
> > > > prints something in the boot messages saying it's loading ide-cd.  But
> > > > either the load is failing for some reason, or it's getting unloaded by
> > > > some other script.
> > >
> > > What is it printing?
> > > Does it turn up in dmesg or any of the system logs?
> >
> > The module-init-tools script loops through the entries in
> > /etc/modules-2.6 and prints the module name, which I see on the screen.
> > Nothing shows up in the log files.
> >
> > I tried modifying module-init-tools to print more information.  I added
> > -v to the modprobe call, and I see that loading ide-cd seems to be
> > succeeding (it identifies the CD drive correctly, etc.).
> >
> > I also added a call to "lsmod" in the script after it's done loading
> > the modules in /etc/modules-2.6.  At that point, it shows ide-cd as
> > being installed.
> >
> > But for some reason, by the time the boot sequence has finished and I
> > log in, ide-cd is gone.
>
>
> Very strange indeed. Never even heard of that problem before... wouldn't
> even know where to start looking. Sorry.
>
> /M