From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hagus.bright.net ([205.212.123.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16FpwQ-0006EP-00 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:03:54 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-27.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.46]) by hagus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id fBH53wgA012253 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:03:58 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000e01c186b8$2d0521a0$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: Subject: Re: rebuilding kernel Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:03:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Dave what is to be confused? Typically, when updating the kernel and kernel modules I don't have to edit the /etc/modules.conf. The reason is that the modprobe line probes for the module that matches the kernel. Merely build the new modules and install them, and they should work on restart. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Hunt To: Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: rebuilding kernel > Thanks for answering; now, I'm hopelessly confused. > > -Dave > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, > Geoff Shang wrote: > > > On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Dave Hunt wrote: > > > > > Another query: > > > > > > does "make modules_install" update "/etc/modules.conf"? If not, I put > > > the aliases in as I configure? > > > > No, it doesn't. Since the modules specified in that file aren't (or > > shouldn't be) version specific, you should only have to edit this file (or > > the files under /etc/modutils, depending on your distribution), only when > > you're adding them for the first time. And depending on what they are, you > > might not have to do it at all. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >