Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-22 Thread Shyamal Prasad
J == J F Gratton J.F.Gratton writes: J I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently J but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. J All I did so far to get modules to load and to work was to put J them into /etc/modules. J What is the

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:58:12PM -0500, J.F.Gratton wrote: On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 22:27, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: /etc/modules is used by Debian to manually add modules the user/sysadmin wishes to load at boot time. After adding them, you then run 'update-modules' as root, which

/etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread J.F.Gratton
Good evening, I might have missed that one, concerning /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and modutils.. What does what in there ? I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. All I did so far to get modules to load and

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- J.F.Gratton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Thursday, 20 February 2003, 09:53 PM -0500): I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. All I did so far to get modules to load and to work was to put them into

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Russell Shaw
J.F.Gratton wrote: Good evening, I might have missed that one, concerning /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and modutils.. What does what in there ? I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. All I did so far to get

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread J.F.Gratton
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 22:27, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: /etc/modules is used by Debian to manually add modules the user/sysadmin wishes to load at boot time. After adding them, you then run 'update-modules' as root, which reads this, as well as some files in /etc/modutils/, to *create*

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Russell Shaw
Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: -- J.F.Gratton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Thursday, 20 February 2003, 09:53 PM -0500): I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. All I did so far to get modules to load and to work

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Russell Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Saturday, 22 February 2003, 01:59 AM +1100): Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: -- J.F.Gratton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Thursday, 20 February 2003, 09:53 PM -0500): I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but I've never

Re: /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and others

2003-02-20 Thread John Schmidt
On Thursday 20 February 2003 8:58 pm, J.F.Gratton wrote: On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 22:27, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: /etc/modules is used by Debian to manually add modules the user/sysadmin wishes to load at boot time. After adding them, you then run 'update-modules' as root, which reads