[ale] 2.2.1 and modules

[Nick Lucent]

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Wandered Inn wrote:

I dont think you can use kmod for video4linux, I have
/usr/local/bin/update (from the bttv? package) in my rc.boot to load the
modules, I think it has to be loaded in a certain pattern.

Nick


> Nick Lucent wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Wandered Inn wrote:
> > 
> > kmod is pretty much a drop in replacement for kerneld, but as far as the
> > parallel port, now you have to append the address of it in lilo.conf
> > 
> > append="parport=0x370, 7" or whatever address your parallel port is on
> > Nick
> 
> I've got the printer modules working fine, thanks to Chris, but I've got
> a number of other modules that won't load.  I'm using the video4linux
> stuff, but when I try and start the xwindow for the camera, the modules
> don't get loaded.  I tried adding the proper options for them to the
> /etc/conf.modules file, but they still don't get loaded automagically. 
> I can insmod them and it works fine.  I know kmod must be working,
> because my printer modules get loaded.  I can't find any docs that
> specifically define what's supposed to go in the conf.modules file. 
> Chris gave me some info on the printer that got it working, but he used
> an alias and I can't figure why that was necessary.
> 
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