Re: [SLUG] loading a module at boot

From: Mario Lombardo (mario@alienscience.com)
Date: Mon Apr 04 2005 - 00:27:49 EDT


On Monday 04 April 2005 00:18, Max F Lang wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 11:02 PM, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> > On Sunday 03 April 2005 22:40, Christopher Hotchkiss wrote:
> >> On Apr 3, 2005 10:20 PM, Mario Lombardo <mario@alienscience.com>
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Whenever I rebooted my box, I would lose my video driver:
> >>> I noticed no 'nvidia" module with lsmod, so I did the following:
> >>> modprobe nvidia and I got this as a result:
> >>
> >> Okay this is what I have in my /etc/modules.conf for nvidia:
> >> alias char-major-195 nvidia
> >> alias /dev/nvidiactl char-major-195
>
> We've had this discussion on other lists, like the JaxLug and LEAP
> lists, and seen this same problem stated elsewhere. For some dang
> reason, the module just doesn't load. My modules.conf agrees exactly
> with someone's whose nvidia modules loads just fine. And still it
> doesn't load for me.
>
> I finally gave up trying to figure it out, and just put the modprobe
> line into /etc/rc.d/rc.local (for Fedora), with an echo statement
> saying the module loaded. The only issue I face is when yum to pull
> updates which includes a new kernel, since now the new
> /lib/modules/<kernel-version> won't have the nvidia module. Just copy
> it from its old location to its new, and modprobe. All will be well...
>
> Max.
>

So you're just adding

modprobe nvidia

to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local Yes? Too bad about modprobe.conf. I wonder what
the deal is. If I find anything on Nvidia, I'll be sure to pass it along.

/mario
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