rebuild modules.dep with depmod -a ?
hih
nick@nexnix
At 09:03 03/06/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I tried the modprobe and it hangs. It only does it on a few modules. Like the
>Paraport for the parallel zip drive and my sound card. Acer FX 3D (AD1816.o)
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>-Al
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>> On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 01:43:31PM -0500, Bug Hunter wrote:
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>> > On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Al Smith wrote:
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>> > > Same problem
>> > >
>> > > -Al
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> > > > At 08:43 02/06/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> > > > >I am trying to load some modules by hand by doing a:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >insmod module name
>> > > >
>> > > > Try modprobe instead of insmod.
>> > > >
>> > > > hih
>> > > > nick@nexnix
>> >
>> > I have found that some modules depend upon other modules for symbols.
>> > For example, msdos.o relies upon nls.o (if it is not compiled into the
>> > kernel), and vfat.o relies upons msdos.o. so, you have to load nls,
>> > msdos, vfat in that order.
>>
>> Actually, modprobe _should_ be smart enough to auto-load the modules that
>> are relied upon by your requested module. That's what
>> /lib/modules/<kernel>/modules.dep is for!
>>
>> --
>> Steve Philp
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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