In your /etc/rc.sysinit file find the following line: if ! LC_ALL=C grep -iq nomodules /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null && [ -f /proc/ksyms ] and remove part after (including) && This statement looks for file /proc/ksyms, which is deprecated in 2.5 kernels, to enable modules loading. Alternatively you can install initscripts package from rawhide. Pavel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert L Cochran [mailto:cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sat, July 05, 2003 8:19 PM > To: Shrike List > Subject: Getting Modprobe To Work > > > I'm working with the 2.5.74 kernel. I'd like to get the sound > driver for > Yamaha YMF724F to load. > > I have a line in /etc/modules.conf > > alias sound-slot-0 ymfpci > > Which worked fine under 2.4.20. I changed this to: > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-ymfpci > > because the sound driver seems to have a new name, snd-ymfpci. > > The change does not seem to work. When I run > > /sbin/modprobe -c > > I notice this yeilds > > alias sound-slot-0 ymfpci > > and > > alias pci:v00001073d0000000Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* snd-ymfpci > (a few more like the above) > > and pasting the above alias string into modules.conf doesn't seem to > load the driver, either. > > Under 2.5.74, how do I get the sound driver to load? > > Thanks > > Bob Cochran > > > -- > Need help with computer hardware or software? I can take care of it in > your home at very reasonable cost. > > Bob Cochran > Greenbelt, Maryland, USA > http://www.greenbeltcomputer.biz/ >
