On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 07:29, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > hallo adam... > > * Adam Done <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-22 08:59 +0200]: > > > The only thing now is with the 2.4 kernels to install a > > module durring bootup I would put > > > > alias apgpart > > > > in the /etc/modules file and modprobe inserts it to the kernel. Now > > with 2.6 I tried to make a file in /etc/modprobe.d char wiht the alias > > apgpart and I get errors when I boot. I am at loss to how to install > > modules I want when booting up. Everything I have read has shown how to > > migrate/compile a 2.6 kernel but I am not understand how the 2.6 kernl > > works from the 2.4. > > hm, i did not know that "alias <modulename>" ever worked in > /etc/modules. just putting the name of the module in a single line > should do the job∴ > > cat /etc/modules
Thanks, that worked like a charm. All this time I have been using /etc/modules wrong but it worked I guess on a fluke. The powerbook is set up running an accelerated x server with dri now to get the desktop to do the same. > ----------------------------------------------------- > > # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. > # > # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are > # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with > # a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored. > > agpgart > > --------------------------------------------------- > > hth, > sebastian
