I've noticed that there is a difference in the behavior of modprobe when running in a console vs running in an xterm. Specifically, messages that are produced when running in a console are suppressed when running in a xterm (or konsole for KDE, GNOME terminal for GNOME).
My system is a Fedora Core 3 with a few updates, but I've seen this before. I just tested it on Debian 3.3 (actually KnoppMyth) and the same thing happens. My sample module is ppa, the parallel port driver for Zip drives. You don't need a Zip drive to test this. When I do a: $ sudo /sbin/modprobe ppa in the console, I get a message: ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) but if I unload the module and then load it in an xterm I get no output. Other load/unload orders and a reboot have no effect. I find this behavior quite strange and I can't find an explanation for it without plunging into the source code. Anyone have any insights into this? Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
