> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Burger [mailto:mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wed, July 09, 2003 2:04 PM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: modprobe.conf question. > > > On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > > > > Try the latest modutils-2.4.25-8.i386.rpm from rawhide: it works > > > normally... > > > Giovanni Iaboni > > > > Doesn't work for me :). When I add an alias to modules.conf > file, modprobe > > still can't find the module . > > My understanding is that modprobe finds and loads the > modules, and then > adds their info to modules.conf, not the other way around. > That's not what I understand. For example if you have a line saying 'alias somename somemodule' in modules.conf file and then issue a command 'modprobe somename' it will try to load somemodule. That's what it did until modutils-2.4.25-7. Now it does the same, but it looks in modprobe.conf instead modules.conf, and they have slightly different format. Pavel.
