Re: [TCLUG:3733] modules won't load automatically (fwd)

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

That looks fine, filesystem and other modules usually load automatically
although loading them by hand isn't a bad thing.  Check your
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit for problems with conf.modules.  You may need to find
a working modprobe as well...

Peter Lukas

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Ben Luey wrote:

> I don't think my conf.modules are the problem: Here's the file:
> 
> alias eth0 ne2k-pci
> alias sound sb
> options opl3 io=0x388
> alias midi awe_wave
> post-install awe_wave /usr/bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 
> 
> 
> do I need to add stuff for autofs and ncpfs to automatically load and
> unload?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Peter Lukas wrote:
> 
> > Modules that aren't automagically loaded (scsi, network, sound, etc) are
> > generally called from /etc/conf.modules.  Chances are that this was
> > somehow overwritten or is no longer queried as the machine comes up.  A
> > RedHat 5.2 system (or anything using modprobe) requires /etc/conf.modules
> > to contain information about the sound and ethernet cards, for example.
> > I'm assuming you made modules and made modules_install, and they're now in
> > /lib/modules/preferred which is actually a link to 
> > /lib/modules/kernel-version underneath which are the compiled modules for
> > network, filesystems, scsi disks, soundcards, etc. If there is no
> > conf.modules and the appropriate path to the modules isn't set,
> > modprobe assumes that the path is /lib/modules/`uname -r`  The format for
> > the conf.modules files is pretty simple.  Here's what mine looks like (I
> > am running a highly-modularized 2.1.131):
> >   # I can't boot without this guy.
> >   alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
> >   # I don't like appletalk and ipx.
> >   alias net-pf-4 off
> >   alias net-pf-5 off
> >   alias eth0 eepro100
> >   # I want full-duplex 100mbps!
> >   options eepro100 options=0x30
> >   # How else to hear mp3's?
> >   alias sound sb
> >   options -k sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
> >   alias midi opl3
> >   options -k opl3 io=0x388
> > 
> > Also, consult the man pages for depmod and modprobe for more help with the
> > conf.modules files.
> > 
> > Peter Lukas
> > 
> > On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Ben Luey wrote:
> > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have redhat 5.2 and kernel 2.2.0pre6. My modules aren't loading as need
> > > > > ed. My soundcard wouldn't work for a while but when I ran sndconfig it
> > > > > started working. I now think that sndconfig manually loaded the module and
> > > > > that is why it wouldn't work.
> > > > > 
> > > > > ncpfs wouldn't work until I ran "modprobe ncpfs.o", same with autofs.o and
> > > > > I'm having problems with mounting vfat disks now (is there a modules
> > > > > besides vfat.o and fat.o  that I need). What can I do so the kernel will
> > > > > load and unload modules as needed?
> > > > > 
> > > > Have you tried running 'depmod -a' ?  That will set up your module dependencies.
> > > 
> > > I did and I think that part is working fine because "modprobe something.o"
> > > doesn't ask me where the module is, it just loads it. Hmmmm....
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ben Luey
> > > lueyb@carleton.edu
> > > ICQ: 19144397
> > > 
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