Re: module not found: how to configure the loading of modules?
On 2006-11-11, Wackojacko wrote:
> Mertens Bram wrote:
> >On 2006-11-11, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> >>Mertens Bram wrote:
> >>>Background: My laptop (Acer Aspire 5602WLMi) has an ipw3945 wireless
> >>>card. I have been succesful in compiling the driver needed for this
> >>>card and I can connect to my AP. However I still have to load the
> >>>driver from the source directory using './load debug=0' because
> >>>modprobe cannot find the module (driver):
> >>># /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945
> >>>FATAL: Module ipw3945 not found.
> >>>
> >>>I (obviously) get the same error at boot time.
> >>>
> >>>According to the ipw3945 documentation I had to copy the ipw3945.ko
> >>>file to /lib/modules/$(uname -r) but that does not appear to be enough
> >>>(for Debian?). The documentation I can find on modules (modprobe,
> >>>modutils, etc.) in the Debian reference, the Debian wiki and
> >>>google/linux appears to be fragmented, outdated and incomplete. I am
> >>>probably using the wrong keywords but I can't find information on how
> >>>the entire "module system" is working in Debian (or Linux in general).
> >>>
> >>>Where can I find an overview of which components are needed and how
> >>>they work together? How should extra modules like this one be
> >>>installed?
> >>>
> >>>I have found that module-init-tools replaces modutils since kernel
> >>>2.5.48 but I have both on my system:
> >>># dpkg -l "modu*" | grep ii
> >>>ii module-assistant 0.10.6 tool to make module package
> >>>creation easier
> >>>ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel
> >>>modules
> >>>ii modutils 2.4.27.0-6 Linux module utilities
> >>>
> >>>I have the following configuration files on my system:
> >>># lh -d /etc/mod*
> >>>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 384 2006-10-08 17:45 /etc/modprobe.d/
> >>>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 239 2006-07-28 22:11 /etc/modules
> >>>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 2006-10-08 17:44 /etc/modules.conf
> >>>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 336 2006-10-08 17:44 /etc/modutils/
> >>>
> >>>I am running debian testing with a self-compiled kernel.
> >>>
> >>So did you try putting ipw3945 in /etc/modules?
> >
> >It is in there. ide_cd, ide_disk and ide_generic were also in there
> >which probably explains the error messages about these modules at boot
> >time as well since these modules are included in the kernel.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Bram
> >
> Have you tried running 'depmod' command to rescan modules directory.
No I haven't because I am not sure what it does. I ran accross this
command but could not find much documentation about it. Will this
have an effect on the other kernels (including ones I will still
compile)?
TIA
Bram
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