Casey Bralla on 28 Mar 2009 13:32:49 -0700 |
What's the current system for automatically loading modules at startup? It used to be that we'd put a list of modules in the /etc/modules.d/kernel 2.x file. Now I see that there is a /etc/modules.conf file, and I think that we now use some weird files under /etc/modprobe.d/. The modprobel.d files all have a confusing (to me) structure with the word "alias". For example, my /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia file looks like: # Nvidia drivers support alias char-major-195 nvidia alias /dev/nvidiactl char-major-195 # To tweak the driver the following options can be used, note that # you should be careful, as it could cause instability!! For more # options see /usr/share/doc/nvidia-drivers-180.37/README # # !!! SECURITY WARNING !!! # DO NOT MODIFY OR REMOVE THE DEVICE FILE RELATED OPTIONS UNLESS YOU KNOW # WHAT YOU ARE DOING. # ONLY ADD TRUSTED USERS TO THE VIDEO GROUP, THESE USERS MAY BE ABLE TO CRASH, # COMPROMISE, OR IRREPARABLY DAMAGE THE MACHINE. options nvidia NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=27 NVreg_ModifyDeviceFil es=1 The "options" stuff looks failry normal, but how would I build a new file for a new module? Can someone point me to a good source for this? -- Casey Bralla Chief Nerd in Residence The NerdWorld Organisation ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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