Fuhrmann Anna wrote:
could you tell me when /etc/modprobe.conf is used - besides when 1. booting the system 2. willingly submitting a modprobe command?
Hi Anna, it's used by other means. It contains aliases like "alias char-major-x moduleX". And whenever a device node is accessed from userland that does not have a driver registered for it as described in /proc/devices, the kernel hotplug mechanism will call a usermode helper that will try to resolve that by loading the appropiate device driver automagically after parsing that file. so long, Carsten ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
