Thomas Vander Stichele (thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > Here are some examples: > > 1) ensure that the quickcam module is loaded with all compatibility > options > > # webcam, quickcam > options quickcam compatible=255 Then it should be the default. :) > 3) directfb fusion driver: > alias char-major-252 fusion MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(252); in the module source code. > 4) making sure that "modprobe lirc" loads the correct backend driver > (the file containing these entries would/could be managed by a lirc > configuration tool): > alias char-major-61 lirc > > # get rid of serial if it's been loaded > pre-install lirc rmmod serial 2> /dev/null; true Well, that will generally fail as serial's built in. > All the tools that rely on a single configuration file invariably end up > having lots of hacks applied to them from various rpm scripts (lilo.conf > in the past, grub.conf, apache configs, modules.conf, ...) to edit > existing files, hopefully remove old entries and replace them with > current ones, failing badly in the process. The easiest solution is for > these snippets to be in separate files managed by the package installing > them. True, but it certainly could lead to conflicts depending on how much it's used. For things like aliases, it really shouldn't be used much at all. Bill
