How to load a device driver in Suse?

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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

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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 :slight_smile:

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Thanks Malcolm.

Do you know what files the sysconfig editor creates?

Angus

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

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Note:

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