> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-dvb-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-dvb-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Beutner > [snip] > > My dec2000t box needs ~10s to do that, for example. > Whats the problem with > modprobe ... > sleep 9 > start vdr ? > What I do is start a script in the background (with &) which contains: modprobe ... until [ -e /dev/dvb/whatever ]; do sleep 1 done start vdr