[oclug]/etc/modules.conf

[Bob Lockie]

Tim Hosking wrote:

>On 20/10/02 12:26 am, "Bob Lockie" <bjlockie at lockie.ca> wrote:
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>>I expected anything in /etc/modules.conf to be loaded when the machine
>>rebooted.
>>I needed /etc/modules.autoload.
>>INMO "man modules.conf" should mention that file. :-)
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>modules.conf is a pretty much standard file on Linux systems, as is it's
>documentation. /etc/modules.autoload is a Gentoo thing. Why should the man
>page for modules.conf know about it. It is I guess a disadvantage of having
>more than one distro - the documentation can never be comprehensive.
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What happened to having standard files?

The USB scanner works.
I had to modify /etc/modules.autoload to load the scanner module.
USB support is in the kernel.

Thanks for everyone's help.

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