On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 19:31, Balazs Javor wrote: > Hi, > > Sometimes when I compile a new kernel and include a > different set of modules it can happen that there > are some error messages at boot time issued mostly > by modprobe saying something about devices/modules > or aliases not found. Or sometimes that it cannot load > a module because it might be compiled into the kernel. > It seems to me that entries left from previous kernel > versions stay in the config files somehow. > I've tried modconf, depmod -a and looked at /etc/modules > and /etc/modules.conf > > But to be honest I'm still somewhat confused about when I > need to use/modify which... > > What is the proper way for handling this kind of problems? > Any help is greatly appreciated! >
If you need to modify something about modules, the proper place is inside "/etc/modutils" and, as the previous reply, every time you modify the aliases file you need to issue the "update-modules" command... Andrea -- Should define myself as an IT consultant? -- Andrea Vettorello
