From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EsSjU-0002aP-00 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:28:20 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E265D7408D for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:27:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04132-01 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:27:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from mailhost.math.wisc.edu (lcyoung.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.90]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A781774085 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:27:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from yoda.math.wisc.edu (yoda.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.12]) by mailhost.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79505100451 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:27:40 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20051230161900.02dd3a60@mailhost.math.wisc.edu> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:27:40 -0600 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." From: "John G. Heim" In-Reply-To: <20051229193721.GA4888@hhs48.com> References: <20051229185913.GA4054@localhost.localdomain> <20051229193721.GA4888@hhs48.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-UWMath-MailScanner: amavisd-new at math.wisc.edu Subject: Re: loading modules under 2.6.x X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:28:20 -0000 Your "mystartup" concept is fine. I mean, not only does it work but it's not considered flakey or non-standard. But there is a more elegant way to load a module. All you need to do is put it in /etc/modules. If you cat /etc/modules it will tell you how. I would have a "mystartup" script like yours and implement it theway you did it but not for loading a module. In mine, I configure iptables, for example. A line in it is: iptables-restore /etc/firewall.rules At 01:37 PM 12/29/2005, you wrote: >Greg, > >When I first switched to Debian I really missed not having an rc.local >to put stuff like that in. So I created one. I called mine something >like "mystartup" and placed it in /etc/init.d, then ran the command >"update-rc.d" to create the symbolic links to execute it on entry to the >desired run levels, using a high priority number such as 99 for >instance. > >Maybe there's a more elegant way. Maybe someone will tell us. > >Chuck > >-- >The Moon is Waning Crescent (2% of Full) >But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- John G. Heim jheim@math.wisc.edu 3-4189