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Old 06-Oct-2009, 06:57
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Default How to load a device driver in Suse?

Hello

I have installed a device driver and the supplied script to load the device driver doesn't work. I think that I only need to load two modules. ie I need a startup file with:
modprobe module1
modprobe module2

Does that sound correct? Where would I save this file on Suse?

Angus
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Hello

I have installed a device driver and the supplied script to load the
device driver doesn't work. I think that I only need to load two
modules. ie I need a startup file with:
modprobe module1
modprobe module2

Does that sound correct? Where would I save this file on Suse?

Angus
Hi
You can use YaST->System->/etc/sysconfig editor. The search for
modules_loaded_on_boot. Highlight and goto. Then add your modules

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Hi
You can use YaST->System->/etc/sysconfig editor. The search for
modules_loaded_on_boot. Highlight and goto. Then add your modules

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Thanks Malcolm.

Do you know what files the sysconfig editor creates?

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malcolmlewis;2047858 Wrote:
> Hi
> You can use YaST->System->/etc/sysconfig editor. The search for
> modules_loaded_on_boot. Highlight and goto. Then add your modules
>
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> Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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> up 3 days 0:41, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04
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Thanks Malcolm.

Do you know what files the sysconfig editor creates?

Angus
Hi
In that case it's the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel

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Default Re: How to load a device driver in Suse?

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If the modules are really dependent (module2 depends on module1), then modprobe will load module1 automatically on "modprobe module2".
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